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The Mongols and the Black Sea trade in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries /

Ciocîltan, Virgil

The Mongols and the Black Sea trade in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries / Mongols and the Black Sea trade in the 13th and 14th centuries. by Virgil Ciociltan ; translated by Samuel Willcocks. - 1 online resource (vi, 321 pages) : maps. - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, 1872-8103 . - East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300) and index.

Preliminary remarks -- The Mongol expansion and the Eurasian commercial axes -- The disintegration of the Empire : intra- and extra-Mongol commercial rivalries -- The commercial implications : connecting the Black Sea to the Eurasian trade network -- The Golden Horde and the Black Sea -- Cooperation and confrontation with the Italian merchant republics -- The problem of the Straits and the Tartar solution -- Conclusion: The Black Sea, crossroads and bypass of Eurasian trade The inclusion of the Black Sea basin into the long-distance trade network - with its two axes of the Silk Road through the Golden Horde (Urgench-Sarai-Tana/Caffa) and the Spice Road through the Ilkhanate (Ormuz-Tabriz-Trebizond) - was the two Mongol states' most important contribution to making the sea a "crossroads of international commerce.".

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Mongols--Commerce.--Black Sea
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Exports & Imports
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--International--General
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--International--Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--Trade & Tariffs
Commerce
Economic history


Golden Horde--Commerce.--Europe.
Europe--Commerce.--Golden Horde
Black Sea--Commerce.--History.
Black Sea--Economic conditions.
Black Sea
Europe
Europe--Golden Horde