Land Networks In The 10th Century

In the 10th century sea routes were overshadowed land networks for long distance trade. There were some technological developments such as navigational aids, better mapmaking, easy shipbuilding like Arabian dhows, and the most important one was needle compass. Chinese sailors developed it and this invention used for to find their way on open seas. Compass quickly spread south east Asia and India. The cargo ships were more beneficial than camels because the ships could carry more cargo than camels. With the invention of compass shipping became less dangerous. Also agricultural developments provided to change in trade and transportation system. For example, with the irrigation system people could collect lots of crops and it means that surplus.

Cairo was hosting lost of Muslim and Jewish traders. The most lovable goods were silk, yarn and textiles. Alexandria and Cairo sub served among Indian Ocean and Europe. Silks from China, zaytuni fabric from Quanzhou, and Spanish silks for eastern Mediterranean markets. Some aromatic perfumes and precious stones came from India also olive oil, glassware, corals from Mediterranean to Eurasia. The other important products were books and papers. Bibles, Talmuds, Qurans, multiple grammar languages. Cairo and Alexandria traded luxury items. Thanks to Muslim leaders Cairo and Alexandria succeeded at trade because there were some legal codes about the trade system. Thanks to Muslim leaders Cairo and Alexandria had positive trade

Melaka had very important strategic location because of that Melaka turned into a cosmopolitan city at that time. In Melaka there were lots of sailors from different nation. Indian, Chinese and Javanese sailors and merchants came Melaka and spent their months in here for selling their goods and doing some trade, and the other traders and sailors were waiting for the windy weather in Melaka. Because of its location Melaka had various goods from all over the Asia. The other important trade center was Kollam in Chola dynasty in India. Because of Kollam’s convenient position it was in the center of China, Red Sea and the Mediterranean maritime trade. People could see Arabian dhows, Chinese junks on the ports. Chinese had sold silks and porcelain also Muslims in here had the largest strange community. They sent some animals like horses, elephants and cattle from Arabia to India. In Kollam the most important thing was traders knew each other, and their personal correlation were pretty well. They were respectful to each other. In here people’s commercial hubs took form of people’s personal relationships. They were respectful their religion and their