748 ⟶ Jian Zhen Describes International Trade in Guangzhou
The Chinese Buddhist monk Jian Zhen writes in his Yue Jue Sh...
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Wet-field rice cultivation, small towns and kingdoms flourish. Trade links are established with China and India.⟶
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India🚢 Jian Zhen Describes International Trade in Guangzhou
The Chinese Buddhist monk Jian Zhen writes in his Yue Jue Shu of the international sea traffic coming to Guangzhou, ships from Borneo, Persia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and others bringing tons of goods.⟶
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Brunei🚢 Arab Merchant's Observations of Guangzhou's Economy and Society
The Arab merchant Sulaiman al-Tajir visits the Chinese seaport at Guangzhou in southern China, and observes the manufacturing of porcelain, the Islamic mosque built at Guangzhou, the granary system of the city, and how its municipal administration functioned.⟶
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a new office at the Chinese international seaport of Quanzhou is established to handle and regulate taxes and tariffs on all mercantile transactions of foreign goods coming from Africa, Arabia, India, Sri Lanka, Persia, and South East Asia.⟶
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Marco Polo, on his voyage from China to Persia, visits Sumatra and reports that, on the northern part of Sumatra, there were six trading ports, including Ferlec, Samudera and Lambri.⟶
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