The development of maritime trade between India and the West from c. 1000 to c. 120 B.C. /
a considerable amount of attention from scholars. It is
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | a considerable amount of attention from scholars. It is advantage, therefore, of a preexisting commercial and Persian kings made concerted efforts to integrate, between the market and the product. The peninsula also commerce between India and the West. By the Roman era, it commercially, its various provinces. These endeavors were continued to expand. The Mediterranean market was the contrast, Indian markets wanted little from the West except directly from that of previous periods. As early as the first drain. Geographical and meteorological characteristics of the driving, but not only, force in the development of the endeavors. Trade between India and the West, however, evidence for sea-borne trade in the Arabian Sea. Most early gold. This "demand imbalance" led to a western species ideally suited for carrying ships between the two regions. in the Persian Gulf. During the Persian period the trade infrastructure. Arabians naturally assumed the role of later paralleled by those of Alexander of Macedon. Because leadership. The Persian empire ranged from Egypt to India Maritime trade between the Roman world and India has gathered middlemen in the trade between India and the West. The monsoon winds that blow alternately west and east were network was extended to India. Contacts between India and of their frequent conflicts, the subsequent Hellenistic kings produced goods greatly demanded by the West. It had the quarter of the first millennium B.C. there is indirect references from Mesopotamia, however, regard regional trade region were largely responsible for the nature of the trade seldom appreciated, however, that this commerce evolved system that developed in the Arabian Sea. Arabia was located the West were stimulated by the activities of Persian was propelling a very substantial trade to the East. By were too preoccupied to expend their resources on such |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Anthropology". In title, numerals are used. Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 211 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |