Merchants and Faith
Subtitle: Muslim Commerce and Culture in the Indian Ocean (New Perspectives on Asian History)
Publisher: Westview Pr (Short Disc)
Published: May 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780813316826
Subjects: International trade; Islamic studies; World history; South Asia - History; Islamic History; History: World; Indian Ocean; Islamic countries; History; Commerce; Indian Ocean Region; Muslims
First sentence: The early Islamic centuries, especially from the eight into the eleventh, have often been described as a golden age; expansion and trade figure prominently in the positive image.