Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route
| 1. Verfasser: |
Sidebotham, Steven E.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2011.
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| 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.
