The Worlds of the Indian Ocean: A Global History (Volume 2)

Europe's place in history is re-assessed in this first comprehensive history of the ancient world, centering on the Indian Ocean and its role in pre-modern globalization. Philippe Beaujard presents an ambitious and comprehensive global history of the Indian Ocean world, from the earliest state formations to 1500 CE. Supported by a wealth of empirical data, full color maps, plates, and figures, he shows how Asia and Africa dominated the economic and cultural landscape and the flow of ideas in the pre-modern world. This led to a trans-regional division of labor and an Afro-Eurasian world economy. Beaujard questions the origins of capitalism and hints at how this world-system may evolve in the future. The result is a reorienting of world history, taking the Indian Ocean, rather than Europe, as the point of departure. Volume II provides in-depth coverage of the period from the seventh century CE to the fifteenth century CE.

• | Author: Philippe Beaujard
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: January 02, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 952 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1108424651
• | ISBN-13: 9781108424653