on the spread of cultures and ideologies of certain areas to the rest of the world.

The first mention of trading diasporas dates back around 2000 BCE when the Assyrian merchants traveled to the Anatolian Peninsula in order to sell their goods. Trading diasporas in this period of time were created as a result of the Assyrian traders staying as "semi-permanent residents" in cities of the Anatolian Peninsula. Steve Gosch of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire