Aden & the Indian Ocean trade : 150 years in the life of a medieval Arabian port / Roxani Eleni Marg...
Aden & the Indian Ocean trade : 150 years in the life of a medieval Arabian port / Roxani Eleni Marg...
Aden & the Indian Ocean trade : 150 years in the life of a medieval Arabian port / Roxani Eleni Margariti.
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Publisher
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.
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N382.09533/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents
The physical entrepôt. The environment ; Topography of the harbor ; Topography of the port city -- The commercial entrepôt. The customshouse ; Ships and shipping ; Mercantile and legal services.
Publication information
Publisher
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"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...
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Aden & the Indian Ocean trade : 150 years in the life of a medieval Arabian port / Roxani Eleni Margariti.
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Islamic civilization and Muslim networks.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-330) and index.
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N382.09533/1
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74VKOrKqkamZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOrKqkamZ
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ISBN
9780807830765 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807830763 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
382.095335
MMS ID
991022526209702626
