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 13 - Arabia: Maritime Cultures and the Rise of the Caravan Trade
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
Bordered by three seas – the Persian Gulf, the Indian Sea, and the Red Sea – and not far from the Mediterranean, Arabia was already serving as a bridge between these seas and between continents during the third and second millennia, thanks to the development of seagoing vessels and the organization of caravans, as well as exports in local luxury goods. These processes led to the flowering of an urban culture using writing in western Arabia during the first millennium bce.
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- The Worlds of the Indian OceanA Global History, pp. 566 - 581Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019