tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691609183217207055.post4969801587983529770..comments2024-03-27T22:20:55.710-04:00Comments on I Fly By Night - clash bowley's blog: Outremer: Aqaba and Arabiaclash bowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867031157318138584noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691609183217207055.post-66538007378096722662010-05-19T18:44:51.456-04:002010-05-19T18:44:51.456-04:00Glad you liked it, Benoist! The Arabian Peninsula ...Glad you liked it, Benoist! The Arabian Peninsula in the 1500s was the proximate source of many valuable things - pearls from Bahrain and Qatar, frankincense and coffee from Yemen and Hadramaut, tea from India via the great port of Muscat, spices from all over, all funneling into Aquaba and al Maqnah, through the Red Sea and the camel caravans, and on up to Caesarea and Jaffa and Ascalon on the Mediterranean coast. <br /><br />The Silk route was farther north, through Mesopotamia to Damascus, and on into Acre. In Crusader times, the port of Acre alone generated more wealth annually than the whole of England.<br /><br />-clashclash bowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867031157318138584noreply@blogger.com