18 янв. 2018 г. · Byzantine state control of trade was hit by the Arab conquests from the 7th century CE. Cities, too, were in decline and ever-more self- ...

The Byzantine economy was among the most robust economies in the Mediterranean for many centuries. Constantinople was a prime hub in a trading network.

Our findings show that in the ninth and early tenth centuries, the Byzantine Empire was an exporter of silk and expensive objects to the Islamic markets.

The empire then extended its trade to Italy, Egypt, Russia and Turkey. Though the Byzantine merchants became wealthy with all this trading, they still had ...

28 дек. 2020 г. · Bulgarian and Russian merchants brought wax, honey, furs and linen, while hides and wax were purchased from the Pechenegs, a nomadic people who ...

Luxurious silks, spices, incense, and the like counted among the Byzantine and early Islamic period's most desired goods.

Many port cities of the empire, including most notably Constantinople, Thessalonike, Trebizond, Attaleia, and Monemvasia, depended on the sea for their ...

4 окт. 2024 г. · In the reign of Theodosius II (408–450), the Huns under their chieftain Attila received subsidies of gold that both kept them in a state of ...

9 янв. 2024 г. · The Byzantine Empire's trade with western Europe had several benefits, such as cultural exchange, economic growth, and technological ...