Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies : Volume 3: Frontier-Zone Processes and Transimperial Exchange

Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies Volume 3: Frontier-Zone Processes and Transimperial Exchange

The Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies offers in three volumes the first comprehensive discussion of economic development in the empires of the Afro-Eurasian world region to elucidate the conditions under which large quantities of goods and people moved across continents and between empires...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Dwivedi, Mamta, contributor (contributor), Fabian, Lara, contributor (editor), Leese-Messing, Kathrin, contributor, Morris, Lauren, contributor, Weaverdyck, Eli J. S., contributor, Reden, Sitta von, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg [2023]
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Ancient economic history.
Indian Ocean.
Silk Road.
global trade.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009803418006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Transliteration and Orthography
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction to the Third Volume
  • Preludes
  • 1 Beyond the Silk Road: Toward Alternative Models of Transimperial Exchange
  • 2 Global History and the Study of Frontier Zones in Ancient Afro-Eurasia: A Postcolonial Endeavor
  • Part I: Steppes and Oases
  • 3 Beyond Transit and Trade: Embedded Commodity Movement in the Hexi Corridor during the Han Period
  • 4 Merchants and Nomads: Political and Economic Organization in Sogdiana and the Middle Syr Darya under the Kangju Confederacy
  • 4.A Political Organization
  • 4.B Economic Organization
  • 5 The Eurasian Steppe: Local Agents and their Participation in Global Networks
  • Part II: Oceans and Coasts
  • 6 Southern Sea Ports of the Han Empire: Urbanization and Trade in Coastal Lingnan
  • 7 Liminalities and Centralities of Early Historic Ports: The Gulf of Khambhat in Perspective
  • 8 Frontiers in the Mediterranean-Indian Ocean Exchange Network: The Eastern Desert of Egypt and its Ports
  • Part III: Mountains and Deserts
  • 9 Multifaceted Highlands: The Economy of Armenia and its South Caucasus Context
  • 10 An Empire of Many Frontiers: The Economy of Arsakid Borderlands
  • 11 A Caravan City at the Edge of Empire? The Economy of Dura-Europos in the Syrian Desert
  • 12 Nabataean Networks and Transimperial Trade in Southwest Asia
  • 12.A Social, Political, and Economic Dynamics in a Desert Frontier
  • 12.B Aromatics and Agriculture: A Spatial Approach to Long-Distance Trade and the Local Economy of the Nabataeans
  • Index

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