Different provinces in Babylonia produce different
tradeable goods. This might include
natural resources such as felled timber or quarried stone. It may be
man-made items such as cloth, bread or smelted metalwork. Below are overview tables showing which provinces are famed for which goods. You can read more about each province by clicking the name in the table (which will take you directly to the board in question).
For additional province information, you can check the Province Listings section of Babylonia's Land page.
For information on the tradeable goods of Babylonia in general and on a larger scale, see the Materials and Resources section of the Land page.
As Babylonia is a city state, it has only one official province. Its main exports are listed below but, as a capital city harbouring the majority of the Chaldean populace, you can generally find anything for sale in Babylon. Traders are likely to purchase from their neighbours to correct their own
deficits or merchants from one provinces may
travel to other lands sell their goods in an area they know does not export their own product.
Hover over the icons for confirmation of what they refer to.
Natural Resources
For more information on the provinces themselves and their natural resources, see the Province Listings section in Babylonia's Land page.
Currency
The Chaldeans trade
in silver and gold. As such, foreign currency in bronze and gold is of no use to them. Silver
'taels' are long, flat ovals, several milimeters thick and as long as the average index finger. They are stamped with the mark of Babylon's royal treasury. Gold
'ingots' are the exact same size and shape but worth more.
For smaller costs and denominations, Chaldeans trade in
goods - most commonly
barleycorn which was the primary form of currency before precious metals were introduced.
| Colloquial Name | Comparative Value | US Dollar Value |
|
| Tael | Tael | 1 Tael | $100 |
| Ingot | Ingot | 20 Taels | $2000 |
Occupations
The occupations of Babylonia are as
diverse as the people who fill them. There is simple employment in labour like ditch digging, quarrying and sandal-repair to more specialised trades of oil making, leatherwork, jewellery creation and silk-weaving. There are also political roles within the government, from the more subtle work of scribes and messengers to more action-orientated roles like sailing and soldiering. There are a thousand and one professions for a Chaldean character to call their own.
See our Make an Original page for ideas on roles / occupations for your character. Under each type of character, you'll also find plot ideas for how that role might interact with other levels of society.
We also recommend checking our Writing Resources page for other occupation ideas and how to build your character further.
