Caravan (travellers)
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A caravan is a group of people traveling together, often on a trade expedition. Caravans were used mainly in desert areas and throughout the Silk Road, where traveling in groups helped in defense agai
Edwin Lord Weeks, Arrival of a Caravan Outside the City of Morocco
A trade caravan passing the Isle of Graia in the Gulf of Akabah, Arabia Petraea,1839 lithograph by Louis Haghe from an original by David Roberts
Camel caravan in Morocco, November 2013
Caravanserai
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A caravanserai was an inn that provided lodging for travelers, merchants, and caravans. They were present throughout much of the Islamic world. Depending on the region and period, they were called by
Caravan (travellers)
…those generated by later European spice trade. The luxurious goods brought by caravans attracted many rulers along important trade routes to construct caravanserais. These were roadside stations which supported the flow of commerce, information, and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North…
The Izadkhast caravanserai (early 17th century), Fars province, Iran
The Ganjali Khan Caravanserai (1598), in Kerman, Iran
Khan As'ad Pasha, a caravanserai built in 1752 in Damascus, Syria
Funduq al-Najjarin in Fes, Morocco