Traders from the West still came to Israel even after the Islamic conquest - New Shipwreck Find Proves This!

 Ancient shipwreck is discovered 1,200 years after sinking in the Holy Land: 80ft merchant ship laden with cargo from across the Mediterranean shows traders from the West still came to Israel even after the Islamic conquest

• An ancient shipwreck with cargo from all over the Med has been found 1,200 years after sinking in Holy Land
• Dates back to around time Christian Byzantine Empire was losing grip on area and Islamic rule was extending
• Experts say this shows that trade persisted with the rest of the Mediterranean despite the religious divide
• Some of the cargo bore symbols of the Christian Byzantine church and others had writing in Arabic 

• An ancient shipwreck that was discovered 1,200 years after sinking off the coast of Israel is evidence that traders from the West still came to port even after the Islamic conquest of the Holy Land, researchers say.

  It was loaded with cargo from all over the Mediterranean and dates back to around the time the largely Christian Byzantine Empire was losing its grip on the area and Islamic rule was extending its reach.

  This shows that trade persisted with the rest of the Mediterranean despite the religious divide, said Deborah Cvikel, a nautical archaeologist at the University of Haifa and director of the dig that found the shipwreck.

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