The significance of the Genizah's medical documents for the study of medieval Mediterranean trade

Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 524-541

  Amar, Zohar ^a   Lev, Efraim ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Genizah; Medical drugs; Middle ages; Myrobalan; Saffron; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449014323     PISSN: 00224995     EISSN: 15685209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156852007783245124     Document Type: Review

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