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Ships of the Desert and Ships of the Sea : Palmyra in the World Trade of the First Three Centuries CE
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- Language
- English
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- Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, O, 2016
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- 1 online resource (129 pages)
- ISBNs
- 3447195754, 3447107049, 9783447195751, 9783447107044
- OCLC
- ocn968737872
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; The caravan city; Previous scholarship; Sources; Theoretical approach: Networks, organisations and institutions; City, territory, and hinterland; Palmyra and Rome; Palmyra and Ctesiphon; Population and identity; Territory and hinterland: The Syrian Desert; Subsistence in the Syrian Desert; The city and the steppe; The bride of the desert; Palmyra in the ancient world exchange; Commodities; Archaeological evidence of trade; The tax law as evidence of long-distance trade
- The Periplus and the trade of PalmyraPlaces; Middle and Southern Mesopotamia; Palmyrene activities in the Persian Gulf and India; Southern Arabia and the Gulf of Aden; The Palmyrenes in Egypt and the Red Sea; The Palmyrenes in Rome; Routes and rythm; From Palmyra to Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf; From Palmyra to the Mediterranean and the Red Sea; In the Mediterranean; From the Indian Ocean to Egypt and Mesopotamia; From the Red Sea to the Mediterranean; Schedule of Palmyrene trade; Organisation and practicalities; The caravan; Animals; Security; Practicalities
- Merchants and caravan leaders Development of Palmyrene long-distance trade; Origins; Building networks; Forming ties; Trade; Religion/ideology; Civic life; Diplomacy and foreign service; Identities; Networks and the key to Palmyrene success; The end of Palmyrene trade; Ships of the desert and ships of the sea; Concordance of epigraphic texts; Abbreviations; Bibliography; General index; Index of sources