Byzantine Trade, 4th-12th Centuries

Download or read book Byzantine Trade, 4th-12th Centuries written by Marlia Mundell Mango and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers here examine questions relating to the extent and nature of Byzantine trade from Late Antiquity into the Middle Ages. The Byzantine state was the only political entity of the Mediterranean to survive Antiquity and thus offers a theoretical standard against which to measure diachronic and regional changes in trading practices within the area and beyond. To complement previous extensive work on late antique long-distance trade within the Mediterranean (based on the grain supply, amphorae and fine ware circulation), the papers concentrate on local and international trade.