The Worlds of the Indian Ocean: A Global History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108341271)

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 re-orienting of world history, taking the Indian Ocean, rather than Europe, as the point of departure.

Author: Philippe Beaujard
ISBN-10: 1108341276
ISBN-13: 9781108341271
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2019
Pages: 2100
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 14.10lbs
Size: 11.90h x 9.50w x 8.20d