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Letters of Medieval Jewish Traders
(Paperback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Letters of Medieval Jewish Traders
Contributors:
By (Author) S. D. Goitein
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
19th May 2015
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
European history
Ancient history
Social groups: religious groups and communities
Dewey:
909.04924
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
384
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
510g
Description
Modern international business has its origins in the overseas trade of the Middle Ages. Of the various communities active in trade in the Islamic countries at that time, records of only the Jewish community survive. Thousands of documents were preserved in the Cairo Geniza, a lumber room attached to the synagogue where discarded writings containing
