Our principal purpose here is to clarify the nature of trade relations between the Near East and the eastern regions of Africa and, in particular, the Horn of Africa. Indeed, it seems evident that these ties were particularly strong and that they led to commercial relations between the Roman merchants and the populations who inhabited those regions. In particular, the areas of central-eastern Africa constituted the most important point of contact between the West and the East. They thus became bases of primary importance for the trade routes for products of all kinds (we are talking about food products as well as precious fabrics) with the Indies
Cette contribution vise à présenter quelles étaient les relations commerciales entre le Proche-Orient et les régions orientales de l’Afrique et, en particulier, la Corne de l’Afrique. Il s’agit de liens particulièrement forts qui, inévitablement pourrait-on dire, ont conduit à des relations commerciales entre les marchands romains et les populations vivant dans ces régions. Ce sont précisément les régions d’Afrique centrale et orientale qui ont été le point de contact entre l’Occident et l’Orient, au point de devenir des bases de première importance pour les routes par lesquelles transitaient des produits de toutes sortes (des denrées alimentaires autant que des tissus précieux) avec les Indes
Il contributo vuole presentare quali fossero le relazioni commerciali tra il vicino Oriente e le regioni orientali dell’Africa e, in modo precipuo, del Corno d’Africa. Si tratta di legami particolarmente forti che, in modo diremmo inevitabile, portarono a rapporti commerciali tra mercanti romani e quelle popolazioni che abitavano le succitate regioni. Sono proprio le zone dell’Africa centro orientale ad essere quel punto di contatto tra l’Occidente e l’Oriente al punto che essi divennero basi di importanza primaria per le vie di scambio di prodotti di qualsivoglia genere (si parla di prodotti alimentari come di tessuti preziosi) con le Indie
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