Ugarit and the Southern Levantine Sea-Ports
The texts studied in this paper show that the extent of the commercial and political relationships between Ugarit and the Phoenician cities, particularly Tyre, was far superior to that of the ties with the Southern Levantine sea-ports. However, the importance of the commercial ties between Ugarit and Ashdod may be defined using the written sources. In fact, if our interpretation of RS 19.96 is correct, the intensity of the contacts between both cities even led to the establishment of an Ashdodite merchant station in Ugarit, from which their commercial affairs were structured.
La participación de tribus nómadas en el comercio internacional del Levante mediterráneo durante el Bronce Reciente
Both the Amarna Letters and archaeological data attest the active participation of nomad tribes in Levantine international trade during the Late Bronze Age. According to these sources nomad tribes acted as guides and guards for the trade caravans and as intermediaries in the transportation of certain products (incense).
Continents of Liberty: Emerson and Gerald Vizenor’s Chair of Tears
Ralph Waldo Emerson protested what came to be known as the Trail of Tears in a public letter to President Martin Van Buren in 1838. Th e Cherokee Nation, he argued, had been cheated by a “sham treaty” (Emerson, “Letter” 50), the will of the people ignored, and a false acquiescence to removal written into law. In making a passionate appeal to the highest “chair” of the land, Emerson underscored the great political and moral stakes involved: