Old World Contacts
MERCHANTS & TRADERS

        MERCHANTS & TRADERS
DIASPORA TRADE COMMUNITIES 
- Resident Alien Populations 
- Samarkand 
- Venice 
- Kilwa 
- The Mwene Mutabe 
- Malacca 
- -The Chinese Tribute System 
ECUMENICAL TRADE ZONE 
- Banking Facilities 
THE BLACK PLAGUE 
- Boccaccio's Black Plague 
AFRICA 
- Gao Commercial Capital 
- Ethiopia (Abyssinia) 
TRADE IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST 
PORTUGUESE ENTRY INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN TRADE 

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