Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sidebotham, Steven E.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Series:California world history library ; 18.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Geography, climate, ancient authors, and modern visitors
  • Pre-Roman infrastructure in the Eastern Desert
  • Ptolemaic diplomatic-military-commercial activities
  • Ptolemaic and early Roman Berenike and environs
  • Inhabitants of Berenike in Roman times
  • Water in the desert and the ports
  • Nile/Red Sea roads
  • Other emporia
  • Merchant ships
  • Commercial networks and trade costs
  • Trade in Roman Berenike
  • Late Roman Berenike and its demise.