Early Global Interconnectivity across the Indian Ocean World, Volume I Commercial Structures and Exchanges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schottenhammer, Angela (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
• Subjects: World history.; Asia-History.; Civilization-History.; History.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Asian History.; Cultural History.; History of Science.

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 o...