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Muza (emporion)

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Muza and Musa and Mousa (Ancient Greek: Μύζα and Μοῦσα and Μοῦζα and Μούζα) was an important emporion on the Arabian coast of the Red Sea in Arabia Felix near the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb in modern Yemen.[1][2][3] Now it is inland from the modern port city of Mokha due to the recession of the coast.[1]

The city was mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea,[4] Pliny the Elder's Natural History[5] and Ptolemy's Geography.[1][4]

Pliny describe the Musa as the third port of Arabia Felix.[5][1] The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea has a detailed description of its trade.[1]

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