Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade: 150 Years in the Life of a Medieval Arabian Port

by Roxani Eleni Margariti

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469614928
• ISBN13: 9781469614922
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"