The Mongols and the Northeast Passage
Abstract Some economic units in the thirteenth century owed their importance to their entrepot functions-to their competitive edge as neutral ground at a crossroads. These were places at which traders from distant places could meet to transact business, their persons secure in passage and their good...
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
1991
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195067743.003.0007 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52529849/isbn-9780195067743-book-part-7.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract Some economic units in the thirteenth century owed their importance to their entrepot functions-to their competitive edge as neutral ground at a crossroads. These were places at which traders from distant places could meet to transact business, their persons secure in passage and their goods protected from confiscation or default. The towns of the Champagne fairs and, as we shall see later, the port entrepot of Aden, the towns along the Strait of Malacca, and, to some extent, those of the Malabar Coast offered such a haven. |
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