Human factors and their impact on the movement of goods and their prices in the first Abbasid era (132-247 A.H. / 750-862 A.D.)
Abstract
The research dealt with the most important human factors and their role in influencing the movement of goods and merchandise in the first Abbasid era which witnessed a prosperous economic activity in that era but it was not far from the impact of these factors foremost of which are wars strife and disturbances and the factors affected the movement of goods Which caused a scarcity of these goods and merchandise in the market which caused an increase in their prices. Trade relations also played a positive role which was reflected in the diversity of goods and merchandise in Baghdad markets in that period and Baghdad accepted merchants from all sides. In addition to the fact that other factors and the economic in particular also played a vacillating role between what is positive and what is negative. The poor financial management of the state had a very big impact on the movement of goods and merchandise in that period. Prices witnessed a rise and fall between the size of one caliph and another it was stable and constant in the caliphate of Abu Jaafar al-Mansur but it was elevated during the period of Caliph Harun al-Rashid. As well as extravagance extravagance and extravagance in spending which played an important role in influencing goods and merchandise and their prices in that period. We also referred to financial control and economic crises and their rol on prices and their stability by addressing the economic crises that played a negative role in the rise in prices which led to the intervention of the Abbasid Caliphate institutions and taking measurestoaddressth