Umfang:
Online-Ressource (ix, 188 S)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780203493274
Serie:
Themes in world history
Inhalt:
To appreciate the extraordinary role of the Indian Ocean in world history you have to compare it with other seas. This is where long-range, high-seas navigation was probably born. Myth credited Buddha with feats of pilotage. The legendary Persian royal ship-builder, Jamshid, was said to have crossed 'the waters and passed from region to region with celerity'
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The earliest leadership in Indian Ocean trade; Early northern Mediterranean and Chinese influence; The Arab golden age; The Chinese and northern Mediterranean resurgence; The first assertion of North Atlantic influence; The British Raj period; The Cold War period; The latest turn of the wheel; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780415312783
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Indian Ocean in World History
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Indischer Ozean
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Geschichte
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