04667nam 2200553Ia 450 991083818780332120240904000408.03-11-060497-33-11-060762-X10.1515/9783110607628(CKB)28743608000041(DE-B1597)496876(DE-B1597)9783110607628(MiAaPQ)EBC30883002(Au-PeEL)EBL30883002(OCoLC)1408681905(OCoLC)1441723989(EXLCZ)992874360800004120231101h20232023 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHandbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies Volume 3: Frontier-Zone Processes and Transimperial Exchange /ed. by Sitta von Reden1st ed.München ;Wien :De Gruyter Oldenbourg,[2023]©20231 online resource (XV, 683 p.)3-11-060464-7 Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Transliteration and Orthography -- Abbreviations -- Introduction to the Third Volume -- Preludes -- 1 Beyond the Silk Road: Toward Alternative Models of Transimperial Exchange -- 2 Global History and the Study of Frontier Zones in Ancient Afro-Eurasia: A Postcolonial Endeavor -- Part I: Steppes and Oases -- 3 Beyond Transit and Trade: Embedded Commodity Movement in the Hexi Corridor during the Han Period -- 4 Merchants and Nomads: Political and Economic Organization in Sogdiana and the Middle Syr Darya under the Kangju Confederacy -- 4.A Political Organization -- 4.B Economic Organization -- 5 The Eurasian Steppe: Local Agents and their Participation in Global Networks -- Part II: Oceans and Coasts -- 6 Southern Sea Ports of the Han Empire: Urbanization and Trade in Coastal Lingnan -- 7 Liminalities and Centralities of Early Historic Ports: The Gulf of Khambhat in Perspective -- 8 Frontiers in the Mediterranean-Indian Ocean Exchange Network: The Eastern Desert of Egypt and its Ports -- Part III: Mountains and Deserts -- 9 Multifaceted Highlands: The Economy of Armenia and its South Caucasus Context -- 10 An Empire of Many Frontiers: The Economy of Arsakid Borderlands -- 11 A Caravan City at the Edge of Empire? The Economy of Dura-Europos in the Syrian Desert -- 12 Nabataean Networks and Transimperial Trade in Southwest Asia -- 12.A Social, Political, and Economic Dynamics in a Desert Frontier -- 12.B Aromatics and Agriculture: A Spatial Approach to Long-Distance Trade and the Local Economy of the Nabataeans -- IndexThe Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies offers in three volumes the first comprehensive discussion of economic development in the empires of the Afro-Eurasian world region to elucidate the conditions under which large quantities of goods and people moved across continents and between empires. Volume 3: Frontier-Zone Processes and Transimperial Exchange analyzes frontier zones as particular landscapes of encounter, economic development, and transimperial network formation. The chapters offer problematizing approaches to frontier zone processes as part of and in between empires, with the goal of better understanding how and why goods and resources moved across the Afro-Eurasian region. Key frontiers in mountains and steppes, along coasts, rivers, and deserts are investigated in depth, demonstrating how local landscapes, politics, and pathways explain network practices and participation in long-distance trade. The chapters seek to retrieve local knowledge ignored in popular Silk Road models and to show the potential of frontier-zone research for understanding the Afro-Eurasian region as a connected space.Ancient economic history.Indian Ocean.Silk Road.global trade.330.93Dwivedi Mamtactbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbFabian Laractbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbLeese-Messing Kathrinctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbMorris Laurenctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbWeaverdyck Eli J. S.ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbReden Sitta vonedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910838187803321Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies4132657UNINA