The port of Al Baleed (southern Oman), the trade in franckincense and its coveted treasures

Myrrh, dragon’s blood, aloe and madder, and the mostimportant—frankincense and Arabian horses—passed throughthe strategically located port of Al Baleed in the southernmostregion of the Sultanate of Oman on the Arabian Peninsula.Known as Zafar in medieval times, this ancient port with a longhistory g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexia Pavan
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Warsaw Press 2020-12-01
Series:Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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Online Access:http://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0014.5986