Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route

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Autore principale: Sidebotham, Steven E.
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Serie:California world history library ; 18.
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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.