Can someone tell me about trade between Somalia and India in Roman times?
after roman conquest of nabataean empire , roman naval presence @ aden curb piracy, arab , somali merchants barred indian merchants trading in free port cities of arabian peninsula because of nearby roman presence. however, continued trade in port cities of somali peninsula, free roman threat or spies. reason barring indian ships entering wealthy arabian port cities protect , hide exploitative trade practices of somali , arab merchants in extremely lucrative ancient red sea-mediterranean sea commerce. indian merchants centuries brought large quantities of cinnamon ceylon , far east somalia , arabia. said have been best kept secret of arab , somali merchants in trade roman , greek world. romans , greeks believed source of cinnamon have been somali peninsula in reality, highly valued product brought somalia way of indian ships. through somali , arab traders, indian/chinese cinnamon exported far higher prices north africa, near east , europe, made cinnamon trade profitable reve...