Amalfi, first mentioned in the sixth century, …
Years: 848 - 848
Amalfi, first mentioned in the sixth century, had soon afterwards acquired importance as a maritime power, trading grain from its neighbors, salt from Sardinia and enslaved people from the interior, and even timber, in exchange for the gold dinars minted in Egypt and Syria, in order to buy the East Roman silks that it resells in the West.
Grain-bearing Amalfi traders enjoy privileged positions in the Islamic ports, Fernand Braudel notes.
The Amalfi tables (Tavole amalfitane) provide a maritime code that is widely used by the Christian port cities.
Merchants of Amalfi are using gold coins to purchase land in the ninth century, while most of Italy works in a barter economy.
When Mediterranean trade revives in the eighth and ninth centuries, Amalfi shares with Gaeta the Italian trade with the East, while Venice is in its infancy, and in 848 its fleet goes to the assistance of Pope Leo IV against the Saracens.
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- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Islam
- Sicily (theme)
- Saracens
- Venice, Duchy of
- Gaeta, Republic of
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Sicily, Emirate of
- Amalfi, Republic of
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Years: 848 - 848
Locations
People
Groups
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Islam
- Sicily (theme)
- Saracens
- Venice, Duchy of
- Gaeta, Republic of
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Sicily, Emirate of
- Amalfi, Republic of
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Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions