Research Catalog

Title

Ports and political power in the Periplus : complex societies and maritime trade on the Indian Ocean in the first century AD / Eivind Heldaas Seland.

Author

Seland, Eivind Heldaas.

Publication

Oxford, England : Archaeopress : Available from Hadrian Books, 2010.

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Details

Description

viii, 97 pages : illustrations, maps; 30 cm.

Series Statement

• BAR international series ; 2102
• Society for Arabian Studies monographs ; no. 9

Uniform Title

• BAR international series ; 2102.
• Society for Arabian Studies monographs ; no. 9.

Subject

• Periplus maris Erythraei
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Indian Ocean Region
• Social archaeology > Indian Ocean Region
• Antiquities
• Commerce
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Social archaeology
• Periplus
• Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
• Seehandel
• Gesellschaft
• Excavacions arqueològiques > Índic, Oceà
• Indian Ocean Region > Antiquities
• Indian Ocean Region > Commerce > History
• Indian Ocean Region
• Indikküste
• Arabien
• Römisches Reich
• Índic, Oceà > Comerç > Història

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-97).

Contents

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Circumnavigation of the Red Sea -- Inland elites and maritime trade -- cosmopolitan world in postcolonial context -- Classical history, colonial historiography, postcolonial criticism -- Scope -- ch. 2 Trade and the Indian Ocean State -- State and the Role of Trade -- Research Strategy -- ch. 3 Periplus Maris Erythraei -- Textual Tradition, Texts and Translations -- Contents, Author, Nature -- Reliability -- ch. 4 Southern Arabia -- Saba-Himyar -- Ports of Saba-Himyar -- Okelis -- Eudaimon Arabia -- Muza, myrrh and the maritime trade of Saba-Himyar -- king and his vassal -- Saba-Himyar -- the picture of government control -- Hadramawt -- Kane -- the market of Hadramawt -- Frankincense, frankincense production and frankincense ports -- Moscha Limen / Khor Rori/ Sumhuram -- Hadramawt -- the picture of government control -- ch. 5 African Coast -- Aksum -- The Kingdom of Zoskales -- Trade at Adulis -- Zoskales -- Aksum -- the picture of government control -- "Far-Side Ports" -- Along the Coast of the Somali Peninsula -- Avalites -- Malao and Mundu -- Mosyllon, the Spice Market and Opone -- detour into the cassia yielding regions -- Far-side Ports: trade and the state with no state -- Rhapta and the East African Coast -- Trade at Rhapta -- Rhapta: trade and the state with no state II -- Dioscurides / Socotra -- Dioscurides: trade and the state with no state III -- African Coast-Conclusions -- ch. 6 From the Indus to the Konkan -- Ports and Kingdoms -- Trade at Barbarikon / Minnagar -- Trade and the state in Skythia -- Ariake and Barygaza -- Royal involvement in trade at Barygaza -- Networks meeting at Barygaza -- Skythia and Ariake -- the Picture of Government Control -- ch. 7 Malabar and Southern India -- Southern Ports and Kingdoms -- Periplus on Trade in the Tamil Kingdoms -- Ecology and Economy of Southern India -- Impact of Trade -- Roman Coins in Southern India -- Malabar and Southern India -- the Picture of Government Control -- ch. 8 Indian, Parthian and Arabian Networks in the Periplus -- ch. 9 Separate Societies, Similar Structures -- Spatial Organisation -- Aksum -- Saba-Himyar -- Hadramawt -- Skythia -- Ariake -- Chera, Pandya, Chola -- Conclusions: historical geography and infrastructure -- Test case: areas outside state control -- Trade and Rulers -- Strategies and Attitudes -- Centralisation -- Administration -- Expansion -- Key Resources -- imports and Exports -- Imports -- Exports -- Test case: areas outside state control -- Trading Diasporas -- Separate States, Similar Structures: Conclusions -- ch. 10 Complex Societies and Maritime Trade in the Periplus -- Concluding Remarks -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Sources.

ISBN

• 9781407305783
• 1407305786

LCCN

2010444610

OCLC

• ocn639531901
• 639531901
• SCSB-1557122

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library