The Worlds of the Indian Ocean: A Global History

Philippe Beaujard (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris)

The Worlds of the Indian Ocean: A Global History
Format
Mixed media product
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
24 October 2019
Pages
2100
ISBN
9781108341271

The Worlds of the Indian Ocean: A Global History

Philippe Beaujard (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris)

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.

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