UID:
almahu_9948190260602882
Format:
1 online resource (xxiii, 845 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
A revised and updated translation.
ISBN:
9781108341004 (ebook)
Uniform Title:
Mondes de l'ocean Indien.
Content:
Europe's place in history is re-assessed 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 CE. Supported by a wealth of empirical data, full color maps, plates, and figures, he shows how Asia and Africa dominated the economic and cultural landscape and the flow of ideas in the pre-modern world. This led to a trans-regional division of labor and an Afro-Eurasian world economy. Beaujard questions the origins of capitalism and hints at how this world-system may evolve in the future. The result is a reorienting of world history, taking the Indian Ocean, rather than Europe, as the point of departure. Volume I provides in-depth coverage of the period from the fourth millennium BCE to the sixth century CE.
Note:
Revised and updated translation of: Les mondes de l'océan Indien, Armand Colin, Paris, 2012 .
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Oct 2019).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108424561
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108341004
