Source: Marco Polo, adventurer and author, describing the city of Tabriz near Persia in The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, ca. 1300 CE. The men of Tauris [Tabriz] get their living by trade and handicrafts, for they weave many kinds of beautiful and valuable stuffs of silk and gold. The city has such a good position that merchandize is brought thither from India, Baudas, Cremesor, and many other regions; and that attracts many Latin merchants, especially Genoese, to buy goods and transact other business there; the more as it is also a great market for precious stones. It is a city in fact where merchants make large profits

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