Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies : Volume 3: Frontier-Zone Processes and Transimperial Exchange / / ed. by Sitta von Reden

• Pubblicazione: München ; ; Wien : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2023]; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XV, 683 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.93
• Soggetto non controllato: Ancient economic history; Indian Ocean; Silk Road; global trade
• Persona (resp. second.): DwivediMamta; FabianLara; Leese-MessingKathrin; MorrisLauren; WeaverdyckEli J. S.; RedenSitta von
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies
• ISBN: 3-11-060497-3; 3-11-060762-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910838187803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II