Vortrag von Jun.-Prof Dr. Stephan Maurer am 5. Juli: Of Mice and Merchants - Trade and Growth in the Iron Age

Im Rahmen des Forschungskolloquiums des Instituts für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universität Freiburg möchten wir Sie herzlich zum Vortrag von

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Maurer

(Universität Konstanz)

über das Thema

Of Mice and Merchants: Trade and Growth in the Iron Age

einladen.

Der Vortrag findet am Donnerstag, 05. Juli 2018, 12:00 Uhr s.t. in Raum 206 (Breisacher Tor) statt.

Abstract:

We study the causal connection between trade and development using one of the earliest massive trade expansions in prehistory: the first systematic crossing of open seas in the Mediterranean during the time of the Phoenicians. For each point on the coast, we construct the ease with which other points can be reached by crossing open water. This connectivity differs depending on the shape of the coast, the location of islands, and the distance to the opposing shore. We find an association between better connected locations and archaeological sites during the Iron Age, at a time when sailors began to cross open water very routinely and on a big scale. We corroborate these findings at the level of the world.