Arab Merchants and Trade Centres in Asia Minor |
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Byzantine Roads in Asia Minor |
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The Byzantines maintained, developed and occasionally enlarged the existing Roman road-system. A hallmark for the road-system of Asia Minor was the transfer of the capital to Constantinople (324-330): it resunted in the increase of the importance of the roads starting from Constantinople and of the harbors of the south coast of Propontis (Sea of Marmara), whereas in the mean time it efficiently confined the importance of the roads of northwestern, western and southern Asia Minor. The so-called... |
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Genoese merchants and trade centres in Asia Minor |
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Trade with the East (Byzantium) |
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Two types of trade were conducted in Byzantine Asia Minor: regional trade and interregional or international trade with the Persians, the Arabs, the Turks, the Laz, etc. Both types of trade involved imports and exports of food, clothing, medicine, timber, horses and other commodities of daily use, as well as the supply of the army and the satisfaction of the need for luxury. The transportation of commodities and people was conducted through road networks and ports. Customs existed in certain... |
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Trebizond (Byzantium), Feast of St. Eugenios |
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Feast held in Trebizond in memory of St. Eugenios, the patron saint of the city. Originally celebrated on the 21st of January, it was transferred to 24 June from the 9th century on. The feast was suspended in the late 11th century because of Turkoman raids and was revived in the first half of the 14th century on the initiative of Emperor Alexios II Grand Komnenos. Lots of people from the nearby areas swarmed the city during the feast, which served as a reference point for the commercial... |
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Venetian merchants and trade centres in Asia Minor |
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