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The 21 pages that link to Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, each with the reason it gives.

• Indian Ocean tradeRelated: It records routes, commodities, and seasonal sailing practices in the early network.

• Indian OceanBroader topic: It records the ports, goods, and sailing knowledge of early maritime commerce.

• Spice tradeRelated: It records early spice routes and the merchants and ports involved in them.

• Travel literatureBroader topic: It exemplifies the practical itinerary tradition that feeds into later guidebooks.

• Kingdom of AksumRelated: Its description of Adulis offers an early external account of Aksum’s commercial world.

• Pre-Islamic ArabiaRelated: Its commercial observations illuminate Arabian ports and regional exchange.

• Red Sea tradeRelated: Its sailing directions and merchant reports document the network's routes and trading practices.

• FrankincenseRelated: It describes ports and commerce linked to the movement of Arabian aromatics.

• Incense tradeRelated: Its account records ports and commerce in regions supplying and distributing aromatics.

• Roman trade with IndiaRelated: Its descriptions document routes, ports, goods, and trading practices linking Roman Egypt with India.

• TamilakamRelated: Its coastal descriptions offer an external view of trade in the Tamil region.

• AdulisRelated: It describes Adulis as a key port and records goods traded there.

• Ancient Greek geographyBroader topic: It preserves practical geographic knowledge beyond the familiar Mediterranean basin.

• History of SomaliaRelated: It records coastal commerce near the Horn before the emergence of later Somali sultanates.

• Incense trade routeRelated: It records maritime trading places and goods relevant to Arabian incense exports.

• Sultanate of MogadishuCompared with: It describes earlier regional trade, before Mogadishu’s medieval prominence.

• Chera dynastyRelated: It describes west-coast trade and ports associated with the early Chera sphere.

• History of geographyBroader topic: It preserves practical maritime knowledge alongside geography’s learned traditions.

• Roman silk demandRelated: Documents how Roman merchants organized eastern purchases of silk after it reached Indian and Arabian ports.

• Ancient maritime historyBroader topic: This text records practical knowledge of long-distance commerce beyond the Mediterranean.

• Bab al-Mandab StraitRelated: It documents the long history of maritime exchange through waters adjoining the strait.