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Cotton Trade Crops of the Islamic World
Cotton was an important cash crop in West Asia and North Africa in the 12th-century Islamic world, entering Mediterranean and Indian Ocean trade via …
Timeline
- 1161–1168Cotton-producing areas around Cairo and Fustat · EgyptCotton was grown in Egypt's Delta and Upper Egypt's irrigated areas, ginned and spun into fine and coarse cloth for local markets. Aleppo, Damascus, and other places in Syria also produced cotton, and cotton products were shipped via Mediterranean ports and caravan to Anatolia and the southern edge of Europe.
- 1169–1170Cairo · EgyptAfter Saladin entered Egypt in 1169, he maintained existing agricultural taxes and workshop management, and cotton production was not interrupted by the regime change. Cotton cloth was shipped via Red Sea ports to East Africa and Yemen, and Mediterranean trade ties with Italian city-states continued, providing the new regime with stable revenue.
Sources
- The Cambridge Economic History of Islam — Various (2010)
- Cotton https://www.britannica.com/topic/cotton-fibre-and-plant