An overview of Anatolia in the age of Assyrian Trade Colonies

Undoubtedly, the most basic and reliable source in the history of civilization is the written documents and historical research. The study of the history of Anatolia, which is the geography of our country and the societies living in this shade in the past, started the Western scientists in the beginning of the century and then continued by Turkish scientists. From the thousands of sources written in the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian and Hittite languages, which began to unravel, the mysteries in which it was born, began to learn very important information about the structure, economy and socio-cultural life of the tribes in Mesopotamia, Anatolia and neighboring regions where the first high civilizations were born. "Kültepe" is one of the most important archaeological sites of these historical researches located in the city of Kayseri. In the said period, the history of Mesopotamia through Assyria was one of the largest market centers on the trade route to Anatolia leraned by cuneiform tablets have been shed by light in Kültepe. From the obtained documents, it has been understood how advanced civilizations of the period have developed economic and socio-cultural structure. In this way, we have gained the opportunity to evaluate how the international trade, which is important nowadays, successfully applied it 4000 years ago and the development process of relations between civilizations. In this study, The status of Anatolia in the light of cuneiform tablets in the archaeological region of Kultepe. The study consists of two parts. In the first chapter, according to the content of cuneiform tablets, Assyrian trade corridor, political, economic and socio-cultural structure in the region examined, In the second section, the most important settlement areas in the commercial centers of the region were evaluated.