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Religion and trade : cross-cultural exchanges in world history, 1000-1900 /

This title focuses on trade across religious boundaries around the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans during the second millennium, when transportation technology was fragile and religion often a primary marker of identity. It examines a wide range of commercial exchanges from firs...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Trivellato, Francesca, 1970- (Editor), Halevi, Leor (Editor), Antunes, Cátia, 1976- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Commerce > History.
International economic relations > Religious aspects > History.
Religion > Economic aspects > History.
Commerce > Histoire.
Relations économiques internationales > Aspect religieux > Histoire.
Religion > Aspect économique > Histoire.
Commerce
International economic relations > Religious aspects
Religion > Economic aspects
Religion
Außenhandel
Geschäftsverbindung
Kulturkontakt
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This title focuses on trade across religious boundaries around the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans during the second millennium, when transportation technology was fragile and religion often a primary marker of identity. It examines a wide range of commercial exchanges from first encounters between strangers who worshipped different gods and originated in different continents to everyday transactions between merchants who lived in the same city yet belonged to diverse confessional groups.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199379224
019937922X