Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route

1. Verfasser: Sidebotham, Steven E.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Umfang/Format: xvii, 433 p. : ill., maps.
Schriftenreihe: California world history library ; 18
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Aegyptus
Aegyptus
Ägypten
Parallelausgabe: Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route [Print]
Online Zugang: Online available
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.