Incense trade route
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The incense trade route was an ancient network of major land and sea trading routes linking the Mediterranean world with eastern and southern sources of incense, spices and other luxury goods, stretch
The Lihyanite-Arab old town of al-Ula in Saudi Arabia was part of the Incense trade route
Desert Nabatean-Arab cities in the Naqab, such as Subeita, were linked to the Mediterranean end of the ancient incense and spice trading routes.
Tiglath-Pileser III attacked Gaza in order to control trade along the Incense Route.
Ruins of Abdah
Spice trade
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The spice trade involved historical civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa and Europe. Spices, such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, pepper, nutmeg, star anise, clove, and turmeric, were known
Incense trade route
…of the Incense trade route Desert Nabatean-Arab cities in the Naqab, such as Subeita, were linked to the Mediterranean end of the ancient incense and spice trading routes. The Egyptians had traded in the Red Sea, importing spices, gold and exotic wood from the "Land of Punt" and from Arabia. Indian goods were…
The Silk Road (red) and spice trade routes (blue).
The spice trade from India attracted the attention of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, and subsequently the Roman Empire.
Spice Bazaar used for the spice trade during the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul
Image of Calicut, India from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's atlas Civitates orbis terrarum, 1572.