History of Economic Relations Between Oman and The Malay Archipelago Via Maritime Networks

Abstract

This study aims to determine historical economic relations between Oman and Malay maritime networks. The history of the economy between the two countries started from the ancient centuries then extended and developed to the recent time years, this is obviously shown in the commercial exchange activities between Malaysia and the Sultanate of Oman. This study intends to discover the impacts of Omani maritime trades on international relations especially with the main nations in Southeast Asia India, China, and the Malay Archipelago. The central claim of this documentary is to collect the information by using the library review method. The result of the study concludes that the history of Oman- Malaysia is a wealth of the economic activities which made the trade exchange strong between them and each countryaffected the other in the level of social life generally and economic side in specific.