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Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route

Steven E. Sidebotham (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

456 Seiten

2019
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-30338-6 (ISBN)

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The legendary overland silk road was not the only way to reach Asia for ancient travelers from the Mediterranean. During the Roman Empire’s heyday, equally important maritime routes reached from the Egyptian Red Sea across the Indian Ocean. The ancient city of Berenike, located approximately 500 miles south of today’s Suez Canal, was a significant port among these conduits. In this book, Steven E. Sidebotham, the archaeologist who excavated Berenike, uncovers the role the city played in the regional, local, and “global” economies during the eight centuries of its existence. Sidebotham analyzes many of the artifacts, botanical and faunal remains, and hundreds of the texts he and his team found in excavations, providing a profoundly intimate glimpse of the people who lived, worked, and died in this emporium between the classical Mediterranean world and Asia.

Steven E. Sidebotham is Professor of History at the University of Delaware and author of Roman Economic Policy in the Erythra Thalassa, 30 BC–AD 21.

List of Figures
Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction
2. Geography, Climate, Ancient Authors, and Modern Visitors
3. Pre-Roman Infrastructure in the Eastern Desert
4. Ptolemaic Diplomatic-Military-Commercial Activities
5. Ptolemaic and Early Roman Berenike and Environs
6. Inhabitants of Berenike in Roman Times
7. Water in the Desert and the Ports
8. Nile–Red Sea Roads
9. Other Emporia
10. Merchant Ships
11. Commercial Networks and Trade Costs
12. Trade in Roman Berenike
13. Late Roman Berenike and Its Demise

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	15.05.2019
Reihe/Serie	California World History Library ; 18
Zusatzinfo	47 b-w photographs, 12 maps
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	771 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-520-30338-5 / 0520303385
ISBN-13	978-0-520-30338-6 / 9780520303386
Zustand	Neuware