Mount Ararat with the historic Khor Virap monastery visible at center-left

Armenian Diaspora

Beyond silk, the Armenian merchant network handled a wide commodity portfolio — sugar, cotton, raisins, carpets, and natural dyes (most notably Armenian cochineal red, a source of the medieval European pigment 'vermilion') — adapting flexibly to whichever goods commanded the highest margin between Persia and the European entrepôts in any given season.

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Armenia

Beyond silk, the Armenian merchant network handled a wide commodity portfolio — sugar, cotton, raisins, carpets, and natural dyes (most notably Armenian cochineal red, a source of the medieval European pigment 'vermilion') — adapting flexibly to whichever goods commanded the highest margin between Persia and the European entrepôts in any given season. 

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