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

ISBN-13: 9781138738263 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 238 str.

Matthew Adam Cobb

Opis

In this volume new studies from international scholars in the field of Classics, Archaeology, Near Eastern Studies and Indology explore the economic, political and cultural impact of this trade on these diverse societies. The book is divided into three parts: the first section explores the development of trade in the Indian Ocean; the second investigates the impact which the consumption of Indian Ocean goods had on societal developments; and the third considers how interconnections between these various cultures impacted upon on literary and artistic creations.

Spis treści

List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction: the Indian Ocean in Antiquity and global history, Matthew Adam Cobb; Part 1: The western Indian Ocean: a developing trade; Chapter 2: From the Ptolemies to Augustus: Mediterranean integration into the Indian Ocean trade, Matthew Adam Cobb; Chapter 3: Indian Ocean trade: the role of Parthia, Leonardo Gregoratti; Chapter 4: Ethnographies of sailing: from the Red Sea to the Bay of Bengal in Antiquity, Himanshu Prabha Ray; Chapter 5: Patchworking the west coast of India: notes of the Periplus of the Erythaean Sea, Federico De Romanis; Part 2: The Indian Ocean and cross-cultural engagement: people, commodities and society; Chapter 6: Indian Ocean commerce in context: the economic and revenue significance of eastern trade in the ancient world, Raoul John McLaughlin; Chapter 7: Erythaean pearls in the Roman world: features and aspects if luxury consumption (late second century BCE–second century CE), Pierre Schneider; Chapter 8: India abroad: evidence for ancient Indian maritime activity, Frederick M. Asher; Part 3: The Indian Ocean influence on literary culture; Chapter 9: The universe from an egg: creation narratives in the ancient Indian and Greek texts, Fiona Mitchell; Chapter 10: The impact of the Indian Ocean trade on the Ancient novel, Juan Pablo Sánchez Hernández; Chapter 11: Between Egypt and India: on the route of the Ancient novel, Marco Palone; Chapter 12: Conclusion, Matthew Adam Cobb; Index

O autorze

Matthew Adam Cobb is a lecturer in ancient history at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK, and his main area of research focuses on Graeco-Roman participation in the Indian Ocean trade, as well as cross-cultural engagement between the West and East in antiquity.