- Ergani
Ergani, formerly Arghni or Arghana, is a district of
Diyarbakır Province ofTurkey .Çayönü
Near the village of Sesverenpınar, among the Hilar rocks
Çayönü hill was first settled 9500 years ago in 7500 BC, ad was continuously inhabited until 5,000BC, and occasionally since. Remains have been found from the earlier habitation, one of the most important archaeological finds of its era. We can see evidence of an early city from theNeolithic period, when nomadic hunter-gatherers began to settle in one place. Excavation of Çayönü, one of the largest and best-preserved sites of its kind was begun in 1963 byIstanbul University and theUniversity of Chicago and continues today.History
Trade has flourished between Ergani and
Mesopotamia in the 3 rd millennium BC. Ergani mines used to ship copper to the early settlements atUruk of southernIraq . TheEuphrates river connected Ergani andUruk . Vessels of the day could easily float several tons of copper downstream toUruk in a few weeks, the transport of hundred of tons of grain back toAnatolia was challenging.Later Mesopotamian civilizations took advantage of more favorably placedPersian Gulf mineral resources.ee also
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Çayönü External links
* [http://www.ergani.gov.tr/ Official City Website]
*http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D313AAF6AA849816B2EFF16253C00C474F71
External References
* A Splendid Exchange by William J Bernstein
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