Early Global Interconnectivity across the Indian Ocean World, Volume I, 1st ed. 2019
Commercial Structures and Exchanges
Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies Series

Language: English

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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.
Angela Schottenhammer is Professor of Non-European History at the University of Salzburg, Austria, and Research Director and Adjunct Professor at the Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University, Canada.

Considers the historical Indian Ocean World as an emerging “global economy,” tracing close interrelationships between commercial exchanges, the spread of knowledge, human movement, and migration

Covers themes such as maritime trading networks, sea routes, nautical archaeology, official and contraband trade, and human mobility

Appeals to scholars of Indian Ocean studies, maritime history, economic history, Chinese studies, archaeology, historical geography, and the history of science and technology