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                                                                                    <journal-title>History Studies</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">1309-4688</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">1309-4173</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Osman KÖSE</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.9737/historystudies.1626305</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Ancient History (Other)</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Eskiçağ Tarihi (Diğer)</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Sınır Ötesi Seyahatin Köklerinin ve İşlevlerinin İzini Sürmek: Asurlu Tüccarlardan Günümüz Modern Seyahatine Uygulamalar Arasındaki İlişki</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Tracing the Roots and Functions of Cross-Border Travel: The Relationship Between Practices from Assyrian Traders to Modern Travel Today</article-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4668-5490</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Gönül</surname>
                                    <given-names>Eren</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY, DİDİM VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, DEPARTMENT OF TRAVEL, TOURISM AND RECREATION SERVICES</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260121">
                    <day>01</day>
                    <month>21</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
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                                        <volume>0</volume>
                                        <issue>18(1)</issue>
                                                
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250124">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>24</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20250721">
                        <day>07</day>
                        <month>21</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2009, History Studies</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>History Studies</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>Mezopotamya’dan Anadolu’ya uzanan ve MÖ. 2. binyılda şekillenen Asur ticaret ağı, yalnızca ekonomik çıkarlarla sınırlı kalmamış, aynı zamanda kültürel ve diplomatik etkileşimlerin de temellerini atmıştır. Bu çalışma, Asur Ticaret Kolonileri döneminde Asurlu tüccarların ticari faaliyetlerindeki seyahat uygulamalarını detaylı bir şekilde inceleyerek, modern seyahat hareketleri üzerindeki etkilerini değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma kapsamında, Asur ticaret sistemi, kervan yolları, seyahat uygulamaları ve tüccarların seyahatleri sırasında hizmet sunan profesyonel meslek gruplarına ilişkin bilgiler, ilgili döneme dair öncül çalışmaların analiziyle elde edilmiştir. Bu çalışmayı literatürdeki benzerlerinden ayıran en önemli özellik, tarihsel ticaret mekanizmalarını, modern hareketlilik ve kültürlerarası etkileşim kavramlarıyla birleştiren bütüncül ve disiplinler arası bir yaklaşım sunmasıdır. Literatürde genellikle ekonomik ya da lojistik odaklı bir çerçevede ele alınan önceki araştırmalardan farklı olarak, bu çalışma, Asurlu tüccarların seyahat pratiklerinin çok boyutluluğuna dikkat çekmektedir. Seyahat pratiklerinin ekonomik boyutunun ötesine geçerek, bu faaliyetlerin sosyal, kültürel ve diplomatik etkilerini de vurgulamaktadır. Araştırmanın bulguları, Asur ticaret yollarının ve bu yolların destekleyici altyapısal unsurlarının modern seyahat ağlarının erken örnekleri olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Ayrıca, tüccarların yerel halklarla kurduğu etkileşimlerin, kültürlerarası diyaloğun temellerini oluşturduğu ve seyahatin tarihsel evriminde önemli bir dönüm noktası teşkil ettiği görülmüştür. Çalışma, seyahati yalnızca bir ekonomik faaliyet değil, aynı zamanda sosyal ve kültürel bir olgu olarak ele alan yeni bir bakış açısı sunmakta, turizmin tarihsel köklerine ışık tutmaktadır.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>The Assyrian trade network, extending from Mesopotamia to Anatolia and shaped during the second millennium BCE, was not limited to economic benefits but also laid the foundations for cultural and diplomatic interactions. This study aims to examine the travel practices within the commercial activities of Assyrian merchants during the Assyrian Trade Colonies period and evaluate their impact on modern travel movements. As part of the research, information regarding the Assyrian trade system, caravan routes, travel practices, and professional occupational groups providing services during merchants’ journeys was obtained through the analysis of prior studies related to the period. The study&#039;s distinguishing feature in the literature is its holistic and interdisciplinary approach, combining historical trade mechanisms with concepts of modern mobility and intercultural interaction. Unlike earlier studies that primarily focused on economic or logistical aspects, this research highlights the multidimensional nature of Assyrian merchants’ travel practices, emphasizing their contributions to the historical foundations of tourism. The findings reveal that trade routes, infrastructural innovations, and the interactions merchants established with local populations were precursors to modern travel networks. The study offers a novel perspective on the historical evolution of travel as a social and cultural phenomenon, illustrating the lasting influence of ancient practices on contemporary mobility.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Assyrian merchants</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  caravan routes</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  travel practices</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  cultural interaction</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  roots of modern travel</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Asurlu tüccarlar</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  kervan yolları</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  seyahat pratikleri</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  kültürel etkileşim</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  modern seyahatin kökleri</kwd>
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