Superphysics
Oman
2 minutes • 276 words
Table of contents
| Activity | Method |
|---|---|
| Trade | Barter |
| Food | meal cakes, mutton, sheep’s milk, fish and vegetables |
| Exports | horses, pearls and dates |
| Imports | cloves, cardamom seeds and camphor |
Oman (Yung-man) resembles Wupa in terms of its people and soil.
Their chief wears a turban and wraps himself in light silk but wears no garments and goes barefoot.
His servants wear no headdress and go barefoot. They wrap themselves in sarongs .
They live on meal cakes, mutton, sheep’s milk, fish and vegetables.
The soil produces dates in large quantities.
Along the coast, pearls are found. In the mountains, horse raising is done on a large scale.
The other countries purchase horses, pearls and dates for cloves, cardamom seeds and camphor.
29. Kish
| Activity | Method |
|---|---|
| Trade | Money (gold, silver coins) |
| Food | wheaten cakes, mutton, fish and dates |
Kishi is on a small island near the Arab coast, half a day away.
There are very few towns. When the king shows himself in he rides a horse and has a black umbrella over him; he public, accompanied by over 100 retainers.
The Kishi people are white and clean and 8 feet tall.
They wear their hair loose under a turban 8 feet long, half of which hangs down their back. Their clothing consists of a foreign-shaped jacket outer wrap of light silken or woollen stuff, and red leather shoes.
They use gold and silver coins.
Their food consists of wheaten cakes, mutton, fish and dates. They do not eat rice.
They export pearls and fine horses.
Every year, the Arabs send camels on ships for barter loaded with:
- rose-water
- gardenia flowers
- quicksilver
- spelter
- silver bullion
- cinnabar
- red dye plants
- fine cotton stuffs
