[Cz--L] Timber Trade in Czernowitz

Somebody inquired a few days ago on this subject.

As it happens I am reading The Thirteenth Tribe by Arthur Koestler. There
is an interesting reference to this.

I quote:

"Some particular trades became virtually a Jewish monopoly in Poland. One
was dealing in timber - which reminds one that timber was the chief
building material and an important export in Khazaria; another was
transport." (page 155)

Somewhere in the book it is mentioned that the main income source of the
Khazar empire was from trade and customs duties.

Daniel
Received on 2006-01-16 10:44:10