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@Oliver Schick
This is an interesting theory about Mediterranean trade in BCE times:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/25/was-king-solomon-the-ancient-worlds-first-shipping-magnate
I'm sure there's a lot of truth in it. As mentioned numerous times before, I think we tend to underestimate how connected the ancient world was, partly because we tend to underestimate ancient populations at certain times.