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A Comparative Study of the Commercial Seafaring Organizations of China and Arab in the Medieval Age

Based on previous studies, by making use of extant literature, stele inscriptions, documents and underwater archaeological materials, Yexuan Chen reconstructs the routes of the commercial seafaring of Arab and Chinese merchants, analyzes the organization and cargo management of merchant ships, and explores the international trade patterns during the Medieval era. During this lecture, Yexuan Chen will reveal that the Arab and Chinese seafaring merchants had developed and maintained the maritime commercial routes in the Indian Ocean successfully before the coming of the Portuguese. The commercial seafaring of Arab and Chinese merchants had significant influence on the development of ancient economic history, and their contact became one part of the early global history.

中世紀中國與阿拉伯海商組織比較研究

在前人研究基礎上，陳燁軒利用傳世文獻、碑銘、文書和沉船考古資料，復原阿拉伯和中國商人的遠航路線，分析商船的組織和貨物管理，探討中世紀的國際貿易模式。 本講課將揭示，在葡萄牙人到來之前，阿拉伯和中國的航海家已經發展並維護了印度洋海上通道。 阿拉伯、中國的商業遠航對古代經濟史發展具有重要影響，他們的彼此交流成為早期全球史的重要組成部分。

*This lecture will be conducted in Mandarin.

Date: May 22, 2025

Time: 12:00 – 13:30
12:00 (Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore)
00:00 (New York)|21:00 (-1, Los Angeles)|05:00 (London)|13:00 (Tokyo)|14:00 (Sydney)

Venue: May Hall, HKU Campus

Language: Mandarin