Replica of Uluburun ship.Image Credit : Martin Bahmann - CC BY-SA 3.0
“...Haifa, where the ill-fated ship loaded its cargo...”
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How do they know where this particular ship was loaded 3,000 years ago?
Not the same rig, but I am reminded that I saw lateen rigged cargo vessels, of substantial size, in active trading at Columbo, Sri Lanka just about 25 years ago.
“Frachetti said he and other researchers plan to continue studying the unique shapes of the ingots and how they were used in trade.”
So that’s how they avoided the negative consequences digital currency & banking ESG cancelling.
Since tin is fairly rare, the use of bronze stimulated the growth of long distance trading networks.