The Worlds of the Indian Ocean: Volume 1, From the Fourth Millennium BCE to the Sixth Century CE: A Global History
The Worlds of the Indian Ocean: Volume 1, From the Fourth Millennium BCE to the Sixth Century CE: A Global History by Philippe Beaujard
English | October 24, 2019 | ASIN: B07XLTVLS9, ISBN: 1108424562 | AZW3 | 946 pages | 16.2 MB
English | October 24, 2019 | ASIN: B07XLTVLS9, ISBN: 1108424562 | AZW3 | 946 pages | 16.2 MB
Europe's place in history is re-assessed in this first comprehensive history of the ancient world, centering on the Indian Ocean and its role in pre-modern globalization. Philippe Beaujard presents an ambitious and comprehensive global history of the Indian Ocean world, from the earliest state formations to 1500 CE. Supported by a wealth of empirical data, full color maps, plates, and figures, he shows how Asia and Africa dominated the economic and cultural landscape and the flow of ideas in the pre-modern world. This led to a trans-regional division of labor and an Afro-Eurasian world economy. Beaujard questions the origins of capitalism and hints at how this world-system may evolve in the future. The result is a reorienting of world history, taking the Indian Ocean, rather than Europe, as the point of departure. Volume I provides in-depth coverage of the period from the fourth millennium BCE to the sixth century CE.