Early Global Interconnectivity across the Indian Ocean World, Volume I

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Early Global Interconnectivity across the Indian Ocean World, Volume I is written by Angela Schottenhammer and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319976672 (ISBN 10) and 9783319976679 (ISBN 13).

This volume investigates the emergence and spread of maritime commerce and interconnectivity across the Indian Ocean World—the world’s first “global economy”—from a longue durée perspective. Spanning from antiquity to the nineteenth century, these essays move beyond the usual focus on geographical sub-regions or thematic aspects to foreground inter- and trans-regional connections. Analyzing multi-lingual records and recent archaeological findings, volume I examines mercantile networks, the role of merchants, routes, and commodities, as well as diasporas and port cities.