The kingdom of aceh developed as the empire of Islam and experienced the glory of the government of young iskandar sultan rapid development achieved by aceh work can not be separated from the location of its strategic kingdom, which is on the island of northern sumatra and close to international trade routes at the time, through the trading airports of Aceh's work, affecting the development of aceh's life in the field, such as aspects of economic life of social politics and culture
The kingdom of aceh pioneered by mudzaffah Shah in the 15th century AD, the center of the kingdom was built on the ruins of the kingdom of lamuri, west of the ocean pasai working status, the status of the kingdom of penih achieved during the reign of mughayat Shah as a result of the unification of two jobs, namely lamuri and dar al -day.
Due to its location lies in traffic of pelayarab and commerce of malacca strait, aceh work of blessing berkatkan economy in field of commerce. Under the rule of the sultan alaudin riayat syah aceh developed into a major city in asia for foreign traders, not only the English and Dutch who trade in the port of Aceh, but also other foreign nation like arab, persia, turkey, india, syam, china, and Japan
Goods traded from aceh, among others pepper, rice, tin, gold, silver, and spices (from maluku) people from foreign countries (imports), among others from koromandel (india), porcelain and silk (japan and china), and perfume from (europe and central asia) ship dangang aceh also active in trading samapai to