Commerce, Culture, and Community in a Red Sea Port in the Thirteenth Century : The Arabic Documents from Quseir /
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This book is the first comprehensive study of the Arabic documents uncovered in Quseir, Upper Egypt, during the 1980s. The hundreds of paper fragments shed light on activities and operations of a family shipping business on the Red Sea shore in the thirteenth century. Part One is an introductory essay on historical and cultural context of these documents. The three chapters deal with, respectively, the "Sheikh's house," where the documents were found, the Red Sea commerce as reflected in the trade activities around the house, and aspects of popular culture as revealed through the texts. Part Two comprises a critical edition of eighty-four Arabic texts, the majority of which have never been published before, with translation and commentary.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047404972
9789004137479
Scent from the Garden of Paradise : musk and the Medieval Islamic world /
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Since antiquity, musk has been a valued perfume and medicine. Because the musk deer only lives in Central Eurasia, people in other locations had to trade for its musk. For medieval Islamic civilization, musk became the most important of all aromatics. The musk trade thus illuminates the nature of medieval Asian trade and musk's cultural effects on the Islamic world. Scent from the Garden of Paradise: Musk and the Medieval Islamic World examines the history of musk from its origins in Asia to its uses in the medieval Middle East, surveys the Islamic literature on musk, and discusses the roles of musk in perfumery and medicine, as well as the symbolic importance of musk in Islam.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004336315 :
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Between caravan and sultan : the Bayruk of southern Morocco, a study in history and identity /
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This work presents a study of the history and identity of the Moroccan Bayruk family. The first part of the book gives an outline of the main referents in both the Bayruk vision of 'self', and academic discourses on Maghribian history: the dynasty, caravan and 'tribe'. It identifies discrepancies in scholarly presentations of the Bayruk and traces them back to two overlapping issues of translation and conception. For the remainder of the book a variety of sources are used to highlight the role of textuality in the creation of the Bayruk image in academic discourse. As a result this book demonstrates how the Bayruk family can be used as a case-study to revise the existing interpretations of Maghribian history and modes of identification.
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1 online resource (xviii, 360 pages) : illustrations, maps. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-356) and index. :
9789004183827 :
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Ottoman and Dutch merchants in the eighteenth century : competition and cooperation in Ankara, Izmir, and Amsterdam /
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This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (mostly Greeks and Armenians) and their European competitors in the eighteenth century. In particular, it investigates two major developments: the Dutch attempts to penetrate the mohair trade in Ankara and the local resistance they faced, and the Ottoman non-Muslim merchant's infiltration of the Dutch Levant trade and the Dutch reaction to this form of Ottoman 'expansion'.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004230323 :
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Roman pottery and glass manufactures : production and trade in the Adriatic region and beyond : proceedings of the 4th International Archaeological Colloquium (Crikvenica, 8-9 Nove...
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This edited volume presents 31 papers read at the 4th International Archaeological Colloquium held in Crikvenica, Croatia, 8-9 November 2017. The papers deal with issues of pottery production in relation to landscape and communication features, ceramic building materials, as well as general studies on ceramic production, pottery and glass finds. Additionally, an invited contribution explores finds relating to clothing from the Roman pottery workshop at Crikvenica. Several papers are devoted to restoration and archaeological experimentation. Although the majority of papers tackle research conducted in the wider Adriatic area, several contributions deal with other provinces of the Roman world.
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Conference proceedings. :
1 online resource (382 pages). :
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9781803273693 (PDF ebook) :
Thirsty seafarers at Temple B of Kommos : commercial districts and the role of Crete in Phoenician trading networks in the Aegean /
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The island of Crete was an important place for cultural and economic exchanges between Greeks and Near Easterners in the Aegean during the 1st millennium BC. This book aims to understand the Phoenician presence and trade in Aegean temples, as well as how Crete shaped its role within the context of Mediterranean trade routes from East to West.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) :
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9781803273235 (PDF ebook) :
Worlds apart trading together : the organisation of long-distance trade between Rome and India in antiquity /
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This text sets out to replace the outdated notion of 'Indo-Roman trade', integrating new findings from the last 30 years. Analysis conducted demonstrates that highly substantial levels of trade took place between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean in the 1st-6th c. altering consumption and production in India, South Arabia, and the Roman Empire.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784917432 (ebook) :
Estudios para la configuracioń de las facies cerámicas altoimperiales en el Sur de la Península Ibérica /
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An exploration of the economy and trade in the South of the Iberian Peninsula during the High Roman Empire, focusing on the study of ceramic contexts in several market places and consumption centres located in the region.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (ii, 284 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784918125 (ebook) :
Porti e approdi fluviali in Italia peninsulare : dall'età romana all'anno mille /
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Most Roman ports were located at river mouths and/or in lagoon areas and were connected with inland areas by rivers or artificial canals. For this reason, port structures (piers and warehouses) were set at some distance from the sea, as in Rome (Emporium of Testaccio along the Tiber), in Pisa-San Rossore and in the Po valley. According to historical sources, many river wharves were located along the Po while San Vincenzo abbey managed the Volturno river. The Carolingian river wharves of San Vincenzo were composed of timber, stone and, according to the Roman tradition, concrete structures. A slow recovery of maritime trades is already evident in the Carolingian Age. This book analyses the Roman and early medieval ports of Italy and the building techniques used in their structures; it displays the elements of continuity and discontinuity revealed during these centuries.
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1 online resource (x, 106 pages) : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781789692211 (ebook) :
The British Navy, Rijeka and A.L. Adamić : war and trade in the Adriatic 1800-25 /
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One of the lesser known theatres of operations in the long wars between Great Britain and Napoleon was the Adriatic, where the activities of the British navy played a vital role in controlling and limiting the extension of French power eastwards into the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire; in maintaining access, diplomatic, financial and commercial, to the Austrian Empire; and in preventing the construction of new French battleships in the Venice Arsenal from adversely affecting British naval superiority. Until now, most studies on the British side have concentrated on the exploits of the British naval officers involved, particularly Captain William Hoste; those in Croatia have been largely limited to such secondary sources and to historical traditions based mainly on French and local records.
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Also issued in print: 2005.
"The following text was written as one of a collection of essays to be published by the Muzej Grada Rijeke (Town Museum Rijeke) in connection with the exhibition "Adamićevo doba" (the Era of Adamić) 1780-1830 presented in Rijeka in April-May 2005" -- Title page verso. :
1 online resource (97 pages) : map (colour) :
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9781803272764 (PDF ebook) :
Cultural interactions during the Zhou period (c. 1000-350 BC) : a study of networks from the Suizao corridor /
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This volume concerns the cultural interactions during the Zhou period of China (c. 1000-350 BCE) between the Suizao corridor (near the present-day Yangtze River region) and its contemporaries within or outside the Zhou realm. It mainly, but not exclusively, concentrates on bronze ritual vessels from the Suizao corridor.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (vi, 140 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789690552 (ebook) :
Ceramics and Atlantic connections : late Roman and early medieval imported pottery on the Atlantic seaboard : international symposium, Newcastle University, March 26th-27th 2014 /
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Papers focus on the pottery of Mediterranean origin imported into the Atlantic, as well as ceramics of Atlantic production which had widespread distribution. They examine chronologies and relative distributions, and consider the composition of key Atlantic assemblages, revealing new insights into the networks of exchange between c. 400-700 AD.
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1 online resource (vi, 150 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781789693386 (ebook) :
Roman amphora contents : reflecting on the maritime trade of foodstuffs in antiquity : in honour of Migeul Beltrán Lloris : proceedings of the Roman Amphora Contents International...
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Presents the results of the RACIIC International Congress (Roman Amphora Contents International Interactive Conference, Cádiz, 2015), dedicated to the distinguished Spanish amphorologist Miguel Beltrán Lloris. This volume aims to reflect on the current state of knowledge about the palaeocontents of Roman amphorae.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
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1 online resource (512 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781803270630 (PDF ebook) :
Materials, productions, exchange network and their impact on the societies of Neolithic Europe ; proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1-7 September 2014, Burgos, Spain).
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This edited volume examines the impact on societies in Neolithic Europe of materials, productions and exchange networks.
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Previously issued in print: 2017.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784915254 (ebook) :
Portuguese intervention in the Manila Galleon Trade : the structure and networks of trade between Asia and America in the 16th and 17th centuries as revealed by Chinese ceramics an...
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In this study of the Portuguese intervention in the Manila Galleon Trade, Etsuko Miyata explores its history through a new approach: the examination of Chinese ceramics.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784915339 (ebook) :
Across the ocean : nine essays on Indo-Mediterranean trade /
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Across the Ocean contains nine essays, each dedicated to a key question in the history of the trade relations between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean from Antiquity to the Early Modern period: the role of the state in the Red Sea trade, Roman policy in the Red Sea, the function of Trajan's Canal, the pepper trade, the pearl trade, the Nabataean middlemen, the use of gold in ancient India, the constant renewal of the Indian Ocean ports of trade, and the rise and demise of the VOC.
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"This volume is a collection of papers delivered at the conference "A Tale of Two Worlds: Comparative Perspectives on Indo-Mediterranean Commerce (I-XVII c.)," held at the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean, Columbia University, March 4th-5th, 2011"--Acknowledgment. :
1 online resource (ix, 204 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004289536 :
0166-1302 ; :
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Early maritime cultures in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean : papers from a conference held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (African Studies Program) 23-24 October 2...
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This work represents a multi-disciplinary effort to examine East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean. Multiple lines of evidence drawn from linguistics, archaeology, history, art history, and ethnography come together in novel ways to highlight different aspects of the region's past and offer innovative avenues for future research.
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1 online resource (viii, 228 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784917135 (ebook) :
The geography of trade : landscapes of competition and long-distance contacts in Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the Old Assyrian colony period /
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A reassessment of the Old-Assyrian trade network in Upper Mesopotamia and Central Anatolia during the Middle Bronze Age, this volume examines exchange networks and economic strategies, continuity and discontinuity of specific trade circuits and routes, and the evolution of political landscapes throughout the Near East.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
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9781784919269 (ebook) :