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Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route [[electronic resource] /] / Steven E. Sidebotham



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Autore: Sidebotham Steven E Visualizza persona
Titolo: Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route [[electronic resource] /] / Steven E. Sidebotham Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (457 p.)
Disciplina: 932
Soggetto topico: Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt - Barānīs
Spice trade - Egypt - Barānīs - History - To 1500
Trade routes - Egypt - Barānīs - History - To 1500
Port cities - Egypt - History - To 1500
International trade - History - To 1500
Soggetto geografico: Barānīs (Egypt) Antiquities
Barānīs (Egypt) Antiquities, Roman
Barānīs (Egypt) Commerce History
Eastern Desert (Egypt) Commerce History
Barānīs (Egypt) Social life and customs
Soggetto non controllato: ancient 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
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27761-1
9786613277619
0-520-94838-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791561703321
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Serie: California world history library ; ; 18.