List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction: the Indian Ocean in Antiquity and global history, Matthew Adam Cobb; Part 1: The western Indian Ocean: a developing trade; Chapter 2: From the Ptolemies to Augustus: Mediterranean integration into the Indian Ocean trade, Matthew Adam Cobb; Chapter 3: Indian Ocean trade: the role of Parthia, Leonardo Gregoratti; Chapter 4: Ethnographies of sailing: from the Red Sea to the Bay of Bengal in Antiquity, Himanshu Prabha Ray; Chapter 5: Patchworking the west coast of India: notes of the Periplus of the Erythaean Sea, Federico De Romanis; Part 2: The Indian Ocean and cross-cultural engagement: people, commodities and society; Chapter 6: Indian Ocean commerce in context: the economic and revenue significance of eastern trade in the ancient world, Raoul John McLaughlin; Chapter 7: Erythaean pearls in the Roman world: features and aspects if luxury consumption (late second century BCE–second century CE), Pierre Schneider; Chapter 8: India abroad: evidence for ancient Indian maritime activity, Frederick M. Asher; Part 3: The Indian Ocean influence on literary culture; Chapter 9: The universe from an egg: creation narratives in the ancient Indian and Greek texts, Fiona Mitchell; Chapter 10: The impact of the Indian Ocean trade on the Ancient novel, Juan Pablo Sánchez Hernández; Chapter 11: Between Egypt and India: on the route of the Ancient novel, Marco Palone; Chapter 12: Conclusion, Matthew Adam Cobb; Index
Matthew Adam Cobb is a lecturer in ancient history at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK, and his main area of research focuses on Graeco-Roman participation in the Indian Ocean trade, as well as cross-cultural engagement between the West and East in antiquity.
"The Indian Ocean Trade in Antiquity is an interesting and important addition to the ever-increasing number of studies on the topic. The authors have all increased our understanding of how interconnected the world became thanks to this trade." - Joshua R. Hall, Cardiff University, writing for Ancient World Magazine"This is an ambitious, wide-ranging collection. The breadth and depth of material is considerable... an important contribution to the interdisciplinary study of economic and cultural exchange across the Indian Ocean." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review"This extremely interesting book engages with a great number of different historical issues, as well as applying different approaches to a complex economic phenomenon that brought about several non-economic implications." - The Classical Journal
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