Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route (eBook)

Steven E. Sidebotham (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
456 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-94838-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.2.2011
• Reihe/Serie: California World History Library
• Reihe/Serie: California World History Library
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: ancient buildings • ancient city • Ancient Rome • ancient trade • ancient travelers • Arabia • archaeological sites • archaeology • Asia • baranis • Berenike • Christianity • Commerce • commercial networks • Eastern desert • Egypt • Egyptology • excavations • Indian Ocean • maritime trading • Mediterranean • Mediterranean world • Middle East • Monsoons • Nile • Nonfiction • Port Cities • Ptolemy • Red Sea • Religion • Roman Empire • roman soldiers • serapis temple • Silk Road • Sphinx • spice route • spice trade • trade routes
• ISBN-10: 0-520-94838-6 / 0520948386
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-94838-9 / 9780520948389