Editing Radhanite (section)

{{Short description|Jewish medieval merchants}}
[[File:Radhanites2.png|thumb|400px|Map of [[Eurasia]] showing the trade network of the Radhanites (in blue), {{Circa|870 AD}}, as reported in the account of [[Ibn Khordadbeh]] in the ''[[Book of Roads and Kingdoms (Ibn Khordadbeh)|Book of Roads and Kingdoms]]''; other trade routes of the period are shown in purple.]]

The '''Radhanites''' or '''Radanites''' ({{Langx|he|רדנים|translit=Radanim}}; {{langx|ar|الرذنية|''ar-Raðaniyya''}}) were [[early Middle Ages|early medieval]] [[Jews|Jewish]] merchants, active in the trade between [[Christendom]] and the [[Muslim world]] during roughly the 8th to the 10th centuries.
Many trade routes previously established under the [[Roman Empire]] continued to function during that period, largely through their efforts. Their trade network covered much of [[Europe]], [[North Africa]], the [[Middle East]], [[Central Asia]], and parts of [[History of India|India]] and [[History of China|China]].

Only a limited number of primary sources use the term, and it remains unclear whether they referred to a specific [[guild]], to a [[clan]], or generically to Jewish merchants in the trans-[[Eurasia]]n trade network.