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Arabian Peninsula

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What Connected the Medieval Indian Ocean?

When: Early Modern
Where: Arabian Peninsula

Winds, knowledge, ports, institutions and households sustained a network that connected societies without making them equal or identical.

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Everyday Life
Trade

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Copper In, Cloth Out: How Mesopotamia Traded

When: Bronze Age
Where: Arabian Peninsula

Copper and lapis came from beyond the southern lowlands. Woollen cloth could travel out. Compare three goods to understand the work and connections behind Mesopotamian trade.

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Craft Production
Trade