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Arab seafaring in the Indian Ocean in ancient and early medieval times

George Fadlo Hourani and John Carswell 1995 © Princeton University Press
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  • 9780691000329 (paper)
  • 9780691214894 (ebook)
  • 9780691001708 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Comparative/World
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  • Frontmatter
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE EXPANDED EDITION (page xi)
  • PREFACE (page xv)
  • CHAPTER I: TRADE ROUTES IN THE PRE-ISLAMIC ERA (page 3)
    • Prehistory and Geography (page 3)
    • The East before Alexander (page 6)
    • The Persian Gulf in Hellenistic and Roman Times (page 13)
    • The Red Sea in Hellenistic and Roman Times (page 17)
    • The Sassanid and Byzantine Empires (page 36)
    • Appendix: Direct Sailing between the Persian Gulf and China in pre-Islamic Times (page 46)
  • CHAPTER II: TRADE ROUTES UNDER THE CALIPHATE (page 51)
    • General Consequences of the Islamic Expansion (page 51)
    • The Arabs on the Mediterranean (page 53)
    • Persian and Arab Sea Trade with the Far East (page 61)
    • East Africa and the Coasts of Africa (page 79)
    • Later Times (page 83)
  • CHAPTER III: THE SHIPS (page 87)
    • General Remarks (page 87)
    • Hulls and Their Equipment (page 89)
    • Masts and Sails (page 100)
    • Navigation and Life at Sea (page 105)
    • Appendix: Four Sea Stories (page 114)
  • NOTES ON CHAPTER I (page 129)
  • NOTES ON CHAPTER II (page 140)
  • NOTES ON CHAPTER III (page 150)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 157)
  • INDEX (page 179)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
CLJ 47.3 (Dec. 1951): 138-139 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3293672
JNES 12.2 (Apr. 1953): 140-142 http://www.jstor.org/stable/542804
ENHR 67.264 (Jul. 1952): 428 http://www.jstor.org/stable/554885
RPol 13.4 (Oct. 1951): 522-523 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1405123
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