Editing Avramistan (section)

=== Paragraph 2: Backbone of the Town ===
The backbone of the town is trade.  The local farming community links the kingdom's religious, military and mercantile power with the local semi- and fully nomadic groups.  Semi-nomads provide sheep and goats, nomads horses, and local farmers grain, melons, apples, walnuts and almonds, flax, and cotton.  These are converted into coin in the bazaar, or excanged for exotic goods from the Spice Road, salt fish and other sea products, or learning at the synagogue.

* The Bazaar
Here you can find a cornucopia of exotic fruits and spices, meat, fine sweetmeats and fresh almonds and walnuts, vendors selling herb fritters and kabobs.  It is not uncommon to see Pushto Gypsies, Industani money changers, Helenic or Han traders from the west or the east selling their wares.  Amid the teeming energy you can hear lute music or see puppet shows.  But at sundown on Friday the bazaar is deserted -- all are expected to be readying themselves for evening devotions and the Sabbath.