Overview
This volume investigates the emergence and spread of maritime commerce and interconnectivity across the Indian Ocean World?the world?s first ?global economy??from a longue durée perspective. Spanning from antiquity to the nineteenth century, these essays move beyond the usual focus on geographical sub-regions or thematic aspects to foreground inter- and trans-regional connections. Analyzing multi-lingual records and recent archaeological findings, volume I examines mercantile networks, the role of merchants, routes, and commodities, as well as diasporas and port cities.
- | Author: Angela Schottenhammer
- | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- | Publication Date: Feb 22, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 422 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 3319976664
- | ISBN-13: 9783319976662
