<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><codeBook xmlns="ddi:codebook:2_5" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="ddi:codebook:2_5 https://ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Codebook/2.5/XMLSchema/codebook.xsd" version="2.5"><docDscr><citation><titlStmt><titl>Monthly prices of various commodities in Babylon, -582BC to -61BC</titl><IDNo agency="handle">hdl:10622/X01XJA</IDNo></titlStmt><distStmt><distrbtr source="archive">IISH Data Collection</distrbtr><distDate>2023-02-16</distDate></distStmt><verStmt source="archive"><version date="2023-07-11" type="RELEASED">1</version></verStmt><biblCit>van Leeuwen, Bas; van Zanden, Jan Luiten; van der Spek, Robartus Johannes, 2023, "Monthly prices of various commodities in Babylon, -582BC to -61BC", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/X01XJA, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:adjR3xuWH9tBHs5Nd4b3ng== [fileUNF]</biblCit></citation></docDscr><stdyDscr><citation><titlStmt><titl>Monthly prices of various commodities in Babylon, -582BC to -61BC</titl><IDNo agency="handle">hdl:10622/X01XJA</IDNo></titlStmt><rspStmt><AuthEnty affiliation="International Institute of Social History, Utrecht University">van Leeuwen, Bas</AuthEnty><AuthEnty affiliation="International Institute of Social History, Utrecht University">van Zanden, Jan Luiten</AuthEnty><AuthEnty affiliation="International Institute of Social History, Utrecht University">van der Spek, Robartus Johannes</AuthEnty></rspStmt><prodStmt/><distStmt><distrbtr source="archive">IISH Data Collection</distrbtr><contact affiliation="International Institute of Social History, Utrecht University" email="bas.van.leeuwen@iisg.nl">Bas van Leeuwen</contact><depositr>Philips, Robin</depositr></distStmt><holdings URI="https://hdl.handle.net/10622/X01XJA"/></citation><stdyInfo><subject><keyword xml:lang="en">Arts and Humanities</keyword><keyword xml:lang="en">Business and Management</keyword><keyword xml:lang="en">Social Sciences</keyword><keyword>market performance</keyword><keyword>Babylon</keyword><keyword>Antiquity</keyword><keyword>market integration</keyword><keyword>prices</keyword><keyword>commodities</keyword><keyword>classical period</keyword></subject><abstract>Monthly prices of various commodities in Babylon, -582BC to -61BC. 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