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Aden & the Indian Ocean trade : 150 years in the life of a medieval Arabian port
Yazar:
Margariti, Roxani Eleni, 1969- author
ISBN:
9781469606712
Basım Bilgisi:
1st ed
Yayım Bilgisi:
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
xiii, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
Seri:
Islamic civilization and Muslim networks

Islamic civilization & Muslim networks
İçerik:
The physical entrepot. The environment ; Topography of the harbor ; Topography of the port city -- The commercial entrepot. The customshouse ; Ships and shipping ; Mercantile and legal services
Özet:
Positioned at the crossroads of the maritime routes linking the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, the Yemeni port of Aden grew to be one of the medieval world's greatest commercial hubs. Approaching Aden's history between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries through the prism of overseas trade and commercial culture, Roxani Eleni Margariti examines the ways in which physical space and urban institutions developed to serve and harness the commercial potential presented by the city's strategic location.Utilizing historical and archaeological methods, Margariti draws together a rich variety of sources far beyond the normative and relatively accessible legal rulings issued by Islamic courts of the time. She explores environmental, material, and textual data, including merchants'testimonies from the medieval documentary repository known as the Cairo Geniza. Her analysis brings the port city to life, detailing its fortifications, water supply, harbor, customs house, marketplaces, and ship-building facilities. She also provides a broader picture of the history of the city and the ways merchants and administrators regulated and fostered trade. Margariti ultimately demonstrates how port cities, as nodes of exchange, communication, and interconnectedness, are crucial in Indian Ocean and Middle Eastern history as well as Islamic and Jewish history.
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