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Who benefited from this trade?

ek820 — 2024-09-16 12:30:56 UTC

The Nabateans which are located in northern Arabia and the southern Levant became wealthy and powerful by controlling trade routes through cities like Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat, and Shivta. These cities thrived because they were part of the Incense Route, which connected the Arabian Peninsula to the Mediterranean. The Nabateans made a lot of money trading items like frankincense and myrrh, which were really desired by the Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians. They also built advanced water systems to farm in the desert, which helped their cities grow and stay strong. Their control over the trade route made them more prosperous and left a lasting mark on the region through their cities.

The Incense Route

ek820 — 2024-09-16 12:57:30 UTC

The Incense Route was a two thousand kilometers long trade route that stretched from modern-day Yemen and Oman to the Mediterranean. A popular incense was frankincense and myrrh being very influential to south Arabia and to the Mediterranean. Along the route are desert cities from the Nabatean towns. The route brought great prosperity to the Nabatean people. Lasting for about seven hundred years, the Incense Route came to an end at 200 AD. It ended when the Romans occupied Petra which was Jordan's capital during the Nabataean Empire.

What ideas were traded along?

ek820 — 2024-09-17 12:24:46 UTC

As people traveled the Incense Route, they shared ideas, cultures, and information between the cities. This exchange included religious practices, rituals, and ceremonies, with items like frankincense and myrrh playing a big role in burial rituals, mostly for embalming, as they were popular in burial rituals to aid embalming. Along with religious customs, travelers spread art styles, which were made and enhanced by different cultures, and they also shared cultural stories, such as myths and legends from many regions. These ideas and traditions that enriched the societies along the route, for multiple beliefs, art, and cultural practices that created the communities connected by the trade.

Who was harmed by this trade?

mg1707 — 2024-09-17 18:27:39 UTC

Some people were hurt by the trade along the Incense Route. Local people sometimes lost their jobs because traders took over. Also, there were fights and wars over control of the trade routes, which made life tough for many people. Some got rich and others had problems and trouble because of the trading and conflicts. -Maya J.

Many greedy settlements demanded costly taxes from caravans that passed by, decreasing the use of the trade coming through the desert. This had slowly created the use of the desert to be used for more agriculture than trade.

-By Emina K.

What goods were traded along this route?

mg1707 — 2024-09-18 01:22:54 UTC

In the Incense route the main goods that were traded were frankincense and myrrh. They got these from trees that were valuable back then. These two goods were popular because they were used for things such as perfumes and religious rituals. Besides these items spices, silk, and metals were moved across this route as well. Although there were other goods being traded frankincense and myrrh had the big deals.

mg1707 — 2024-09-18 12:27:49 UTC

This map displays the path through the incense route starting from Yemen and Oman. This area is where frankincense and myrrh which are the main goods traded come from. The red lines represent the paths that traders used to move goods like frankincense, myrrh, spices, cloth, copper, and other items between Africa, Arabia, and the Mediterranean. The blue dots mark key cities along the way, such as Petra, and other important places where goods were exchanged.

Sources

ll1404 — 2024-09-18 12:30:51 UTC