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Trade routes and sea ports between the Arabian Peninsula, India and China (altered from Al-Wagad, 2011; Muftah, 2011).
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Bananas are one of domesticated crops prehistoric in Arabian region. However, domestication history of this crop in this region did not receive attention by researchers. The strategic location of the Arabian Peninsula at the intersection of several main Old World trade routes has made it an incubator for bananas coming from different continents of...
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... second route stretches from Muscat to Polien on the Indian coast, then continues to Serindep (Sri Lanka) and Kelah port and finally reaches Khanfo in China. The third route begins in the Omani ports of Dhofar and Merbat, goes to Kalikot or Coolum Meli and then directly to China (Figure 4). Archaeological discoveries at Ras al-Jinz and Ras al- Had in the Sharqia North Governorate of Oman, dating back to the third millennium BC, yielded remains of boats and Indian rings from the Bronze Age to the 5 th millennium BC ( Jūtīlir et al., 1983). ...
