Indian Ocean Trade in Antiquity, The Political, Cultural, and Economic Impacts

"The period from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise of the Islam (c. late fourth century BCE to seventh century CE) saw a significant growth in economic, diplomatic and cultural exchange between various civilisations in Africa, Europe and Asia. This was in large part thanks to the Ind...

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Format: Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: London And New York : Routledge , 2018.
Abingdon, Oxon ; , 2018
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Daftar Isi:
  • The Indian Ocean trade in antiquity and global history / Matthew Adam Cobb
  • From the Ptolemies to Augustus : Mediterranean integration into the Indian Ocean trade / Matthew Adam Cobb
  • Indian Ocean trade : the role of Parthia / Leonardo Gregoratti
  • Ethnographies of sailing : from the Red Sea to the Bay of Bengal in antiquity / Himanshu Prabha Ray
  • Patchworking the West Coast of India : noes of the "Periplus of the Erythaean Sea" / Federico De Romanis
  • Indian Ocean commerce in context : the economic and revenue significance of Red Sea trade in the ancient world economy / Raoul John McLaughlin
  • Erythaean pearls in the Roman world : features and aspects if luxury consumption (late second century BCE-second century CE) / Pierre Schneider
  • India abroad : evidence for ancient Indian maritime activity / Frederick M. Asher
  • The universe from an egg : creation narratives in the ancient Indian and Greek texts / Fiona Mitchell
  • The impact of the Indian Ocean trade on the ancient novel / Juan Pablo Sa´nchez Herna´ndez
  • Between Egypt and India : on the route of the ancient novel / Marco Palone