Intra-Asian trade is a major theme of recent writing on Asian economic history. From the second half of the nineteenth … century, intra-Asian trade flows linked Asia into an integrated economic system, with reciprocal benefits for all participants … producers for these Asian markets, and those of the wider world. This collection presents captivating snap-shots of trade in …

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Asian Trade in Antiquity -- Trade in the Eastern Islamic Countries in … the Early Centuries -- Le marchand musulman -- Commercial Techniques in Early Medieval Islamic Trade -- Archaeology and … the Study of Later Islamic Pottery -- China and Islam–The Archaeological Evidence in the Mashriq -- Egypt and China: Trade …