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Congratulations!• You’ve made another good business decision.• Assyrian merchants would get their materials

from Assur, the Assyrian capital.• The wives of Assyrian merchants would often

live in Assur and send the needed materials back to their husbands at the trading posts.

• The wives of Assyrian merchants were the first women to be involved in business matters

• If the merchants weren’t married, they would hire someone to travel to Assur to purchase supplies.