Book contents
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in color plates)
- Illustrations (in color plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction: The Geography of the Indian Ocean and Its Navigation
- Part I The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)
- Part II The Birth of the Afro-Eurasian World-System (First Millennium bce – Sixth Century ce)
- Introduction
- Chapter 8 The Beginnings of the Iron Age
- Chapter 9 The Roads to the Orient
- Chapter 10 India: The Birth of a New Core
- Chapter 11 Southeast Asia, an Interface between Two Oceans
- Chapter 12 China: From Kingdoms to Unification
- Chapter 13 Arabia: Maritime Cultures and the Rise of the Caravan Trade
- Chapter 14 East Africa: The Emergence of a Pre-Swahili Culture on the Azanian Coast
- Chapter 15 The Austronesian Expansion and the First Malagasy Cultures
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Chapter 8 - The Beginnings of the Iron Age
from Part II - The Birth of the Afro-Eurasian World-System (First Millennium bce – Sixth Century ce)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 October 2019
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in color plates)
- Illustrations (in color plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction: The Geography of the Indian Ocean and Its Navigation
- Part I The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)
- Part II The Birth of the Afro-Eurasian World-System (First Millennium bce – Sixth Century ce)
- Introduction
- Chapter 8 The Beginnings of the Iron Age
- Chapter 9 The Roads to the Orient
- Chapter 10 India: The Birth of a New Core
- Chapter 11 Southeast Asia, an Interface between Two Oceans
- Chapter 12 China: From Kingdoms to Unification
- Chapter 13 Arabia: Maritime Cultures and the Rise of the Caravan Trade
- Chapter 14 East Africa: The Emergence of a Pre-Swahili Culture on the Azanian Coast
- Chapter 15 The Austronesian Expansion and the First Malagasy Cultures
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
After the collapse of the centralized states of the Late Bronze Age, Cyprus came to preeminence in new exchange networks during the twelfth century, followed by a similar ascent on the part of the Phoenician city-states. The papyrus entitled “The Story of Wenamun” tells us how Wenamun, a dignitary of the temple of Amun, visited Byblos, where he had been sent to buy wood in exchange for gold, silver, flax, oxen hides, papyri, ropes, and lentils, and found twenty seagoing ships in the port of Byblos in “commercial association” with Egypt.
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- The Worlds of the Indian OceanA Global History, pp. 348 - 373Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019