Nigel Groom is a historian who specialized in Arabian trade history, and this Longman monograph is his standard scholarly history of the Arabian and Mediterranean trade in frankincense, myrrh and related aromatic gums and resins used across ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean religious practice. Its strength is comprehensive treatment of the trade routes, botanical sources and historical demand that made these resins central to temple ritual across multiple ancient religions. Its limit is that it is now several decades old, so a claim resting on more recent archaeobotanical or chemical analysis of specific incense residues needs to be checked against newer scientific literature published since this history was written.
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Published by Longman as Nigel Groom's academic study of the Arabian incense trade, scholarly monograph treatment of the subject. NotesStandard scholarly history of the Arabian and Mediterranean incense trade in frankincense, myrrh and related aromatic gums and resins.
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AuthorNigel Groom
PublisherLongman
Publication Year1981
Source TypeMonograph
Claims Backed By This Source (33 claims)
This source backs 33 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 10 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Incense, 19 claims: 9 well-attested, 3 holds, 7 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
- Cultures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Languages, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Studies, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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