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Ceramics trade between Israel and China flourished in Crusader times
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2008/03/22 - 19:00.
1101 CE to 1200 CE | 1201 CE to 1300 CE | Byzantine | Chinese | Glass and Ceramics | Middle Eastern
New research from the University of Haifa shows that a healthy trade existed between the eastern Mediterranean and China during the 12th and 13th centuries. The trade consisted mainly of ceramics and pottery.
According to Dr. Edna Stern, who studied shipwrecks along the Mediterranean coast near Acre, "during these centuries, Acre, in addition to being the gateway for Christian pilgrims into the Land of Israel, was one of the busiest commercial ports in the Latin East that had commercial links to Europe, the Islamic world and the Byzantine Empire." |
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