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Record Nr.

UNINA9910760499603321

Autore

Hancock James F.

Titolo

Spices, scents and silk : catalysts of world trade / / James F. Hancock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, England : , : CAB International, , 2021

ISBN

1-78924-976-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

382.09

Soggetti

Commerce - History - To 500

Commerce - History - Medieval, 500-1500

Spice trade - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Origins of Scents, Spices and Silk -- Chapter 3: Exotic Luxuries in Antiquity -- Chapter 4: Ancient Mediterranean Trade Links -- Chapter 5: Land of Punt and the Incense Routes -- Chapter 6: Origins of Spice Trade in the Indian Ocean -- Chapter 7: Silk Route Beginnings -- Chapter 8: Silk Route Connections -- Chapter 9: Ancient Southeast Asian Maritime Trade -- Chapter 10: Golden Age of Byzantium -- Chapter 11: Pan Islamica -- Chapter 12: Spice Trade in the Dark Ages of Europe -- Chapter 13: The Eastern Roman Empire and the Rise of Venice -- Chapter 14: Medieval Shifts in the Balance of Power -- Chapter 15: Monsoon Islam -- Chapter 16: Portuguese Discovery and Conquest -- Chapter 17: The Portuguese Build an Empire -- Chapter 18: The Spanish Build Their Empire -- Chapter 19: The Dutch and English Conquest of South East Asia -- Chapter 20: Age of Expansion -- Chapter 21: The Ottoman and Safavid Silk Trade -- Chapter 22: End of the Spice Era.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book describes the central role that these exotic luxuries - spices, scents and silks - played in the lives of the ancients, traces the development of the great international trade networks that delivered them, and explores how the demand for such luxuries shaped the world"--