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The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean : the ancient world economy and the kingdoms of Africa, Arabia and India /
The ancient evidence suggests that international commerce supplied Roman government with up to a third of the revenues that sustained their empire. In ancient times large fleets of Roman merchant ships set sail from Egypt on voyages across the Indian Ocean. They sailed from Roman ports on the Red Se...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire :
Pen & Sword Military,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The ancient evidence suggests that international commerce supplied Roman government with up to a third of the revenues that sustained their empire. In ancient times large fleets of Roman merchant ships set sail from Egypt on voyages across the Indian Ocean. They sailed from Roman ports on the Red Sea to distant kingdoms on the east coast of Africa and the seaboard off southern Arabia. Many continued their voyages across the ocean to trade with the rich kingdoms of ancient India. Freighters from the Roman Empire left with bullion and returned with cargo holds filled with valuable trade goods, i. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-269) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781473840423 1473840422 9781473840959 1473840953 |