The worlds of the Indian Ocean : a global history / written and translated by Philippe Beaujard (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris) ; translation edited by Tamara Loring, Frances Meadows and Andromeda Tait.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.Description: 2 volumes : black & white and colour illustrations, maps ; 29 cmISBN:- 9781108424561
- 9781108424653
- 9781108341271
- Mondes de l'ocean Indien.
- English
- 909.09824 23 BEA
Revised and updated translation of: Les mondes de l'océan Indien, Armand Colin, Paris, 2012.
Volume I. From the Fourth Century BCE to the Sixth Century CE -- Volume II. From the Seventh Century to the Fifteenth Century CE.
Part I. The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (6th-2nd Millenia BC) Part II. The Birth of the Afro-Eurasian World-System (1st Millennium BCE-Sixth Century CE)
"Europe's place in history is reassessed in this first comprehensive history of the ancient world, centering on the Indian Ocean and its role in pre-modern globalization. Philippe Beaujard presents an ambitious and comprehensive global history of the Indian Ocean world, from the earliest state formations to 1500 C.E."--
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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