05118nam 2201273 a 450 991079156170332120230126205428.01-283-27761-197866132776190-520-94838-610.1525/9780520948389(CKB)2560000000055589(EBL)646815(OCoLC)704275943(SSID)ssj0000467217(PQKBManifestationID)11327736(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467217(PQKBWorkID)10465950(PQKB)10251935(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055884(MiAaPQ)EBC646815(MdBmJHUP)muse30840(DE-B1597)520760(DE-B1597)9780520948389(Au-PeEL)EBL646815(CaPaEBR)ebr10446267(CaONFJC)MIL327761(dli)HEB33887(MiU) MIU01100000000000000001061(EXLCZ)99256000000005558920100914d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBerenike and the ancient maritime spice route[electronic resource] /Steven E. SidebothamBerkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (457 p.)The California world history library ;18Description based upon print version of record.0-520-30338-5 0-520-24430-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Geography, climate, ancient authors, and modern visitors -- Pre-Roman infrastructure in the Eastern Desert -- Ptolemaic diplomatic-military-commercial activities -- Ptolemaic and early Roman Berenike and environs -- Inhabitants of Berenike in Roman times -- Water in the desert and the ports -- Nile/Red Sea roads -- Other emporia -- Merchant ships -- Commercial networks and trade costs -- Trade in Roman Berenike -- Late Roman Berenike and its demise.The legendary overland silk road was not the only way to reach Asia for ancient travelers from the Mediterranean. During the Roman Empire's heyday, equally important maritime routes reached from the Egyptian Red Sea across the Indian Ocean. The ancient city of Berenike, located approximately 500 miles south of today's Suez Canal, was a significant port among these conduits. In this book, Steven E. Sidebotham, the archaeologist who excavated Berenike, uncovers the role the city played in the regional, local, and "global" economies during the eight centuries of its existence. Sidebotham analyzes many of the artifacts, botanical and faunal remains, and hundreds of the texts he and his team found in excavations, providing a profoundly intimate glimpse of the people who lived, worked, and died in this emporium between the classical Mediterranean world and Asia.California world history library ;18.Excavations (Archaeology)EgyptBarānīsSpice tradeEgyptBarānīsHistoryTo 1500Trade routesEgyptBarānīsHistoryTo 1500Port citiesEgyptHistoryTo 1500International tradeHistoryTo 1500Barānīs (Egypt)AntiquitiesBarānīs (Egypt)Antiquities, RomanBarānīs (Egypt)CommerceHistoryEastern Desert (Egypt)CommerceHistoryBarānīs (Egypt)Social life and customsancient buildings.ancient city.ancient rome.ancient trade.ancient travelers.arabia.archaeological sites.archaeology.asia.baranis.berenike.christianity.commerce.commercial networks.eastern desert.egypt.egyptology.excavations.indian ocean.maritime trading.mediterranean world.mediterranean.middle east.monsoons.nile.nonfiction.port cities.ptolemy.red sea.religion.roman empire.roman soldiers.serapis temple.silk road.sphinx.spice route.spice trade.trade routes.Excavations (Archaeology)Spice tradeHistoryTrade routesHistoryPort citiesHistoryInternational tradeHistory932Sidebotham Steven E154799MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791561703321Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route1352302UNINA