The worlds of the Indian Ocean : a global history : a revised and updated translation

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The worlds of the Indian Ocean : a global history : a revised and updated translation

written and translated by Philippe Beaujard ; translation edited by Tamara Loring, Frances Meadows, and Andromeda Tait

Cambridge University Press, 2019

  • v. 2

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Les mondes de l'océan Indien

L'océan Indien, au cœur des globalisations de l'ancien monde : 7e-15e siècle

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Originally published in France as: Les mondes de l'océan Indien

Original title of v. 2: L'océan Indien, au cœur des globalisations de l'ancien monde : 7e-15e siècle

"Translated and updated from the original French edtion"--T.p. verso

Vol. 2. From the seventh century to the fifteenth century CE

Includes bibliographical references (p. [692]-772) and indexes

ISBN for 2 vols. set: 9781108341271

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Europe's place in history is re-assessed in this first comprehensive history of the ancient world, centering on the Indian Ocean and its role in pre-modern globalization. Philippe Beaujard presents an ambitious and comprehensive global history of the Indian Ocean world, from the earliest state formations to 1500 CE. Supported by a wealth of empirical data, full color maps, plates, and figures, he shows how Asia and Africa dominated the economic and cultural landscape and the flow of ideas in the pre-modern world. This led to a trans-regional division of labor and an Afro-Eurasian world economy. Beaujard questions the origins of capitalism and hints at how this world-system may evolve in the future. The result is a reorienting of world history, taking the Indian Ocean, rather than Europe, as the point of departure. Volume II provides in-depth coverage of the period from the seventh century CE to the fifteenth century CE.

Table of Contents

  • Part I. The Indian Ocean between Tang China and the Muslim Empire (7th Through 10th Centuries): Introduction
  • 1. Tang China and the rise of the Silk Roads
  • 2. Islam. The conquest of lands and oceans
  • 3. India. A core with four centers
  • 4. Southeast Asia. The rise of the Sriwijayan thalassocracy and the Javanese kingdoms
  • 5. East Africa. Dawn of the Swahili culture
  • 6. Madagascar (7th through 11th centuries). Early cultural Metissages
  • Part II. Globalization during the Song and Mongol Periods (10th-14th Centuries), and the Downturn of the 14th Century: Introduction
  • 7. China. The golden age of the song, the Mongol conquest and the Ming revival
  • 8 India. From the Chola empire to the Delhi Sultanate
  • 9 Southeast Asia. From the decline of Sriwijaya to the rise of Mojopahit
  • 10. Central and Western Asia. From the Seljuk Empire to the Ilkhanids
  • 11. Egypt and Yemen. The Jewish and Karimi Networks
  • 12. East Africa. The rise of the Swahili culture and the expansion of Islam
  • 13. Madagascar. The development of trading ports and the interior
  • Part III. From The Globalization of the Afro-Eurasian Area to the Dawn of European Expansion (15th and Early 16th Centuries): Introduction
  • 14. Ming China, from expansion to withdrawal into threatened territory
  • 15. India. The flowering of the Sultanates and the expansion of Vijayanagara
  • 16. Southeast Asia. Era of the merchant Sultanates
  • 17. Western Asia. Revival of the Persian Gulf
  • 18. Egypt and Yemen. Advances in state trade and the end of the Karimi
  • 19. East Africa and the Comoros
  • 20. Madagascar (15th-16th centuries): the rise of trading ports and development of the highlands
  • 21. The Portuguese in the Indian Ocean
  • Epilogue.

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