ABSTRACT
Bahrain'sexcellentgeographicalpositionhelpedtomakeitan importantcommercialcentrethroughtheages,sinceitformedthe connectinglinkbetweenIndiaandMesapotamiaandthereforethe marketforthegoodsofthetworegionsamongthevariousportsof theGulf.Inmoderntimes,ithasbecomeanimportantcentrewhere goodscomingfromEuropeandIndiaaccumulatetobere-exported toregionswithintheArabianPeninsula.Indiangoodsareexported toEuropeandEuropeangoodstoIndia.
