Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route
Steven E. Sidebotham
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- Book (Print/Paper)
- Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
- Copyright:
- ©2011
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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.
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- Languages:
- English
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- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Call Numbers:
- DT73.B375 S4 2011
- ISBNs:
- 9780520244306 (cloth, alk. paper)
0520244303 (cloth, alk. paper) - Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2010038906
- OCLC Numbers:
- 666403896