Abraham's luggage: a social life of things in the medieval Indian ocean world

From a single merchant's list of baggage begins a history that explores the dynamic world of medieval Indian Ocean exchanges. This fresh and innovative perspective on Jewish merchant activity shows how this list was a component of broader trade connections that developed between the Islamic Med...

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Main Author: Lambourn, Elizabeth 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Edition:First paperback edition
Series/Journal:Asian connections
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ben Yijû, Abraham ca. 12. Jahrhundert / Indian Ocean (Region) / Long-range trade
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BG World religions
BH Judaism
Further subjects:B Jewish merchants
B Jewish merchants (India)
B Commerce
B History
B India
B Middle East
B Cairo Genizah
B Jewish merchants (Middle East)
B India Commerce History To 1500
B Commerce History Medieval, 500-1500
B Ben Yijû, Abraham (active 12th century)
B Commerce ; Medieval
B Ben Yijû, Abraham
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