Discusses issues related to production and trade in the period from prehistory to the Byzantine period. Looks at the effects of production and trade phenomenon on the socio-economic life of ancient societies, together with the commercial products, production stages and trade routes of the ancient world in Anatolia. Chapter authors are from the fields of archeology, history, art history, geography and geology. Issued as the first of a book series titled Çağlar boyunca (Through the ages)--Translation of information from page 4 of cover.