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Arab seafaring in the Indian Ocean in ancient and early medieval times /
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Based on the author's thesis, Princeton University, which was presented under title : Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean during the ninth and tenth centuries A.D.
Reprint of the ed. published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., which was issued as v. 13 of Princeton Oriental studies. :
viii [i.e. xiii], 131 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
0374939853
al-ʻArab wa-al-milāḥah fī al-Muḥīṭ al-Hindī fī al-ʻuṣūr al-qadīmah wa-awāʼil al-qurūn al-wusṭā /
: Translation of : Arab seafaring in the Indian Ocean in ancient and early medieval times. : viii, 415 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 20 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-366) and indexs.
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 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Bridging the Gulf : Maritime Cultural Heritage of the Western Indian Ocean /
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The volume presents papers by archaeologists, anthropologists, historians and heritage specialists and highlights the multi-layered meaning of maritime cultural landscapes. The authors shift the emphasis from understanding heritage in its local context to discussing it across the waters of the Arabian Sea. The relationship between the sea and the land underlines the centrality of the coast; the communities who inhabited the space between the ocean and the hinterland; their histories and attempts at constructing their cultural environment. An important component of this cultural landscape is monumental architecture and archaeological sites, as also their inter-linkage with travelling groups who moved both across the sea, as well as on routes into the interior. A common concern that all papers share is with definitions of maritime heritage; different articulations of social and political power; and regional and local nautical traditions. One of the objectives of this volume is to underscore the important role of World Heritage, especially sites and monuments located along the coasts that have already been identified as national treasures by individual Nation States. The objective is to bring these coastal monuments and structures into dialogue with those located across the Ocean for a holistic understanding of maritime cultural heritage of the western Indian Ocean. It is suggested that this dialogue across the seas, would help in the protection and preservation of a maritime heritage known for its 'outstanding universal value'.
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1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004753235
Re-Evaluating the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea /
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Using the framework provided by the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, a major maritime testimony dating from AD 40-70, this volume brings together philologists, historians and archaeologists to look closely at the interactions between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean world. Centered on the antiquity but with a long-term approach and designed as a contribution to the French commentary on the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, this collection of papers relies on recent advances made in the field of ancient geography and text editing. It also takes advantage of ongoing fieldwork, both in terms of the archaeology of the establishments themselves, as well as the history of the techniques employed. They reveal the dynamics of commercial, religious and military networks, while granting full importance to the sui generis nature of the text: a continuum in the tradition handed down to us by classical antiquity and a major source on the relations between the Mediterranean and South-East Asia. Over half of the essays in the volume have been translated from French for the first time. The contributors include: Didier Marcotte, Pascal Arnaud, Johan Desanges, Bram Fauconnier & Patrice Pomey, Steven E. Sidebotham, Iwona Zych, Veronica Bucciantini & Michael D. Bukharin, Jeremie Schiettecatte, Axelle Rougeulle, Jean-François Salles, Federico de Romanis, Claude Allibert, Eric Vallet.
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1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004752160
The Great Indian Epics : The Stories of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata /
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This title is a concise version of the English translation of Mahabharata and Ramayana. Since Ramayana and Mahabharata are the lengthiest epics written in the history of India, only select themes of both Epics have been covered by the author, which are of great importance. This is a preliminary version of two major Sanskrit works for familiarization with the Indian literature and religion.
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1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004753341
The ancient sailing season /
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Providing a comprehensive examination of the capacity of ancient ships and seafarers to cope with seasonally changing sea conditions, this book draws on a wide range of ancient literary sources while also taking account of modern weather records, hydrological data, and recent archaeological discoveries. Taking a fresh look at the various ways in which seasonality affected maritime transport across the sea-lanes of the ancient world, this book offers new perspectives on the nature of seaborne trade, naval warfare and piratical operations. The result is a volume that questions many long-held scholarly assumptions concerning the strength and seaworthiness of ancient vessels, as well as the abilities of Greek and Roman mariners, to regularly undertake voyages across hazardous stretches of sea.
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Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 3, 2012). :
1 online resource (xv, 364 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004241947 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Connected hinterlands : proceedings of the Red Sea Project IV held at the University of Southampton, September 2008 /
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"Red Sea IV was the first conference in the Red Sea Project series to be held outside the British Museum"--page v. :
x, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
1407306316
9781407306315