WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Arabian Peninsula is surrounded by the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea. This puts it at the center of trade between large parts of Africa and Asia. It also makes it easy to import and export goods. This is especially advantageous to the region’s petroleum industry.

Detailed explanation-2: -Important Trade Centers of Ancient Arabia Baghdad and the cities to the north of the Arabian Peninsula became popular among traders using the old Silk Road. Almost one million people lived in Baghdad by 1200 CE (Common Era).

Detailed explanation-3: -South Arabian merchants utilized the Incense Route to transport not only frankincense and myrrh but also spices, gold, ivory, pearls, precious stones, and textiles-all of which arrived at the local ports from Africa, India, and the Far East.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Arabia traded frankincense, incense, pearls, and copper on the Silk Road. The pearls actually came from Bahrain and the Persian Gulf. It is interesting to note that the Silk Road trade was controlled by the Arab merchants as well as the Chinese.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Arabs land trade, which spanned from their hometown in south of Yemen has touched the trades in Silk Road and Indian Ocean trade particularly in which the modern historians coined in “Frankincense and myrrh” theory, which spread by them through camel caravans.