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The Periplus Maris Erythraei : Text with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary.
The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchant or s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton University Press
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- LIST OF MAPS ; PREFACE ; ABBREVIATIONS ; NOTES TO THE READER ; INTRODUCTION ; I . TEXT AND AUTHOR ; THE TEXT ; THE DATE ; THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORK ; II . TRADE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN ; THE SETTING ; BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND THE RED SEA ; THE LINES AND OBJECTS OF TRADE ; THE TRADE WITH INDIA ; THE TRADE IN METALS; BARTER AND PURCHASE; THE TRADERS ; THE TRADERS: AFRICA VERSUS INDIA ; A ROMAN ECONOMIC POLICY? ; NATURE OF THE OBJECTS OF TRADE ; III . POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY ; TEXT AND TRANSLATION ; GENERAL COMMENTARY ; COMMENTARY B (TEXTUAL, LEXICOGRAPHICA L, GRAMMATICAL).
- APPENDIX 1. HARBORSANDPORTS APPENDIX 2. DISTANCES ; APPENDIX 3. THE VOYAGES TOAFRICA, ARABIA, AND INDIA ; APPENDIX 4. THE TERMS FOR CLOTH AND CLOTHING ; APPENDIX 5. INDIA'S WEST COAST, FROM BOMBAY TO CAPE COMORIN ; INDEX ; INDEX OF CITATIONS.