Across the ocean : : nine essays on Indo-Mediterranean trade /

Across the ocean : : nine essays on Indo-Mediterranean trade / / edited by Federico De Romanis and Marco Maiuro ; cover illustration, Codice Magliabechiano.

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Across the Ocean contains nine essays, each dedicated to a key question in the history of the trade relations between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean from Antiquity to the Early Modern period: the role of the state in the Red Sea trade, Roman policy in the Red Sea, the function of Trajan’s Ca...

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Superior document:Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition, Volume 41
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Tale of Two Worlds: Comparative Perspectives on Indo-Mediterranean Commerce (I-XVII c.) (Conference) Columbia University)
TeilnehmendeR:
De Romanis, Federico,
Maiuro, Marco,
Magliabechiano, Codice,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015.
©2015
Leto izdaje:2015
Jezik:English
Serija:Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; Volume 41.
Fizični opis:1 online resource (214 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps, tables, graphs, charts.
Note:"This volume is a collection of papers delivered at the conference "A Tale of Two Worlds: Comparative Perspectives on Indo-Mediterranean Commerce (I-XVII c.)," held at the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean, Columbia University, March 4th-5th, 2011"--Acknowledgment.
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  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction / Federico De Romanis and Marco Maiuro
  • 1 Red Sea Trade and the State / Andrew Wilson
  • 2 Trajan’s Canal: River Navigation from the Nile to the Red Sea? / Jean-Jacques Aubert
  • 3 Pearls, Power, and Profit: Mercantile Networks and Economic Considerations of the Pearl Trade in the Roman Empire / Katia Schörle
  • 4 Roman Policy on the Red Sea in the Second Century ce / Dario Nappo
  • 5 Roman Trade with the Far East: Evidence for Nabataean Middlemen in Puteoli / Taco Terpstra
  • 6 Indian Gold Crossing the Indian Ocean Through the Millennia / Harry Falk
  • 7 ‘Regions that Look Seaward’: Changing Fortunes, Submerged Histories, and the Slow Capitalism of the Sea / Jairus Banaji
  • 8 Comparative Perspectives on the Pepper Trade / Federico De Romanis
  • 9 Into the East: European Merchants in Asian Markets During the Early Modern Period / Martha Howell
  • Afterword / Elio Lo Cascio
  • References
  • Index of Sources
  • General Index.

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