ACBS 160D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Incense Route, Nile, Arabian Peninsula

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Animal & Comp Biomed Sciences
• Course: ACBS 160D1
• Professor: H.Steklis, N.Steklis

Document Summary

Valued as pack animals by nomads, arabian peninsula. Only found in arabian areas, n. africa. Nuggets from a tree--became as valuable as gold. Tree resin from s. arabia and socotra island. Insatiable demand in egypt, mesopotamia, throughout sw asia. Trade by ship through red sea was dangerous (headwinds, pirates) coastal route by camel was better ( ships of the desert ) 3200 ybp camel breeding outside arabia for pack animals on trade caravans. 3000 ybp camels common in mesopotamia fro trade and battle (supplies and riding) but hard to do battle on unstable camel. 2500 ybp new invention- north arabian saddle. Place a table like thing that lays over the hump and rests on the side of the camel. Camel-driven caravans traced a 1500 mile route between india and egypt to trade in exotic frankincense, myrrh, sandalwood and rare spices. This fabled passage would become forever known as the spice and incense road. Somalia, mesopotamia (iraq), india, saudi arabia, etc.