Sentences with phrase «frankincense trade»

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Arabia provided the neighboring areas with such desired products as frankincense and livestock, and Arabian ports were links in international trade, with goods moving back and forth between Mediterranean areas and India by transpeninsular trade routes, many of which went through Mecca.

FOR more than 3000 years the lost city of Ubar was at the centre of the world's trade in frankincense.

The Himyarites conquered Saba in 280 C.E., took over the frankincense monopoly, and became key players in the expanding Indian Ocean trade between the Roman Empire and India until Ethiopian forces overthrew them in 525 C.E.

This is consistent with the known value of frankincense in antiquity and the fact it had to be brought to Britain via what, at the time, was a vast and complex trade route.

Records of frankincense as a valuable trade commodity date back to 3,000 B.C. in regions of the Middle East and North Africa.

Myrrh and frankincense, traded throughout the Middle East at least since 1500 B.C., eventually came to China.

Tour of Salalah including the Museum of the Frankincense Land, covering the history of the ancient Frankincense trail and maritime trade and shipbuilding industry, a photo stop at the Sultan Qaboos Mosque, Al Husn Palace and stroll through the Haffah souq.