Trade Routes and Cultural Exchange: The Economic Networks of The Medieval Islamic World
Keywords:
Medieval Islamic World, Trade Routes, Cultural Exchange, Silk Road, Indian Ocean Trade, Trans-Saharan Trade, Economic Networks, Cultural DiffusionAbstract
The Middle Ages Islamic world helped to create huge trade routes that connected regions across the globe to boost the economic activity and relations of the cultures. By looking at the major trade networks like the Silk Road, trans Sahara crossings, and Indian Ocean routes this article traces how these arteries of economy permitted the transcontinental movement of products, ideas, technology, and religion. Islam and the origin of the European Middle Ages, it is argued, were influenced by the interaction between trade and culture and these in turn had long lasting effects on world history.
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