Dhows
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How has the dhow brought riches to Dubai?
Storyboard Text
- How has the dhow brought riches to Dubai?
- dhows were used in the olden times for trading goods and fishing
- The difference in dhow's are the size and weight.
- types of dhows
- dhows are generally made of teakwood
- why were they used?
- Dhows are old sailing boats that were used especially in the Middle East regions.
- where they orginated from?
- some claim it was devised from the Portuguese. hardanhi people and oman went to india to get dhow.
- Dhow, Baghlah, Boom, Patamar,Ghanja , Sambuk and Uru
- what goods did dhows carry
- dhows were mainly used for fishing , catching,and tradingbut nowadays they are commercially used as cargo vessels.
- what routes did they take?
- The exact origins of the dhow are lost to history. Most scholars believe that it originated in India between 600 B.C. to 600 A.D
- dhows were/are used by the arabian african and indian coast
- skins, ivory, shells, wood, coconuts , as well as maize and grains, cloves , slaves, cattle, goats, sheep, and shark fins. , salt and dry fish, dates. , carpets, nuts and pots,
- Most dhows have home ports in Oman and in the Persian gulf, and used to set off to East Africa between November and February
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