Spice Route (Incense Route) in Israel

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On March 13, 2007, at a ceremony in the Negev town of Avdat, Israel's ancient Spice Route (Incense Route) through the Negev Desert was declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. As can be seen on the map below, Avdat sits directly at the center on the Spice Route, between Petra and Gaza.

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Archaeological Research in Central Asia of the Muslim Period

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Archaeological Research in Central Asia of the Muslim Period
G. A. Fedorov-Davydov
World Archaeology, Vol. 14, No. 3, Islamic Archaeology (Feb., 1983), pp. 393-405

Abstract
Extensive explorations have yielded abundant data relating to the material culture of the medieval city in Central Asia, its trade and the technology of its crafts. Three stages have been established in the historical development of large cities: the oldest part, dating as a rule from pre-Muslim times, is the ark or kuhendiz; next came the Shahristan (medina) which was the main part of the city in the 8th-10th centuries; finally - the rabat or outer town which by the 11th-13th centuries had become the centre of economic life. [...] A typical example is Samarkand in Uzbekhistan. [...] Merv in Turkmenia [...] Utrar, in southern Kazakhstan, [...] Caravanserais, both in the cities and along the caravan routes, have also been uncovered, and the distribution of the rural population has been examined. An additional subject of research has been provided by the excavation of medieval cemeteries.

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