Dünyanin diger cografyalari ile kiyaslandiginda tarihsel birikim acisindan benzersiz olan Anadolu, bu tarihi zenginligini bölgede yasayan toplumlarin kültürel dokusuna da yansitmistir. Bu durum, Anadolu tarihini dünya tarihi icerisinde benzersiz bir seviyeye yükseltirken, bu tarihi yazanlara da büyük sorumluluklar yüklemektedir. Bu sorumluluktan hareketle, ülkemizdeki eskicag tarihi alaninda uzmanlasmis akademisyenlerin katkilariyla Anadolunun Eskicaglarinda Iktisadi ve Zirai Hayat basligi altinda olusturulmus olan bu calisma, söz konusu alan icin bir basvuru kaynagi olacaktir. Anadoludaki tarimsal hayat ile baslayan ticari gelisim ve yerlesik yasamin
olusturdugu insan emegine dayali sosyal yapi hakkinda birbirinden degerli bölümlerin yer aldigi calismaya katkida bulunan yazarlar, sahip olduklari birikimlerini okuyucularin istifadesine sunmuslardir. Okuyucular icin bu calisma, Anadolunun eskicaglarindaki iktisadi ve zirai hayatina dair genel bilgiler ve komsu bölgeler ile kurulan sosyal ve siyasi iliskiler hakkinda malumatlar icermesinin yani sira özellikle yazarlarimizin uzmanlik alanlarina göre sekillendirdikleri ayrintili izahlari da barindirmaktadir.

Anatolia, which is unique in terms of historical accumulation compared to other geographies of the world, has also reflected this historical wealth to the cultural structure of the societies living in the region. This situation raises the history of Anatolia to a unique level within the world history, and it also imposes great responsibilities on the historians who writes this history. Based on this responsibility, this study, which was formed under the title of Economic and Agricultural Life in the Ancient Ages of the Anatolia by the contributions of academicians who are specialized in the field of ancient history in our country, will be a source of reference for this area. In this study, there are valuable chapters on the social structure based on commercial development and human labor which is formed by settled life. The authors, who contributed to this study, presented their accumulations to the benefit of the readers. For readers, this study contains general information about the economic and agricultural life and the social and political relations with neighboring regions of Anatolia in the antiquity. It also includes detailed explanations, which are especially tailored by our writers according to their areas of expertise.