Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route
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Natura: | Elettronico eBook |
Lingua: | inglese |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2011.
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Serie: | California world history library ;
18. |
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Accesso online: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Sommario:
- 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.