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Nick Collins - How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World, Inbunden

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How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World

Ice Age to Mid-Eighth Century

Av Nick Collins

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Beskrivning
Worldwide maritime trade has been the driver of wealth-creation, knowledge-collection, social, political and economic progress and although some historians have shown that from the 15th century, Nick Collins shows it predates the end of the Ice Age when the Indian Ocean was the centre of long-haul voyages from east Africa to the Americas. It demonstrates the centrality of the Indian subcontinent. Meaningful trade gradually penetrated the Mediterranean, resulting in more famous civilisations including Phoenicians, Egyptians, Minoans and Greeks. How they and Hittite, Mittani etc are related is explained. How it collapsed in Europe in the 5th-7th centuries but continued in Asia concludes the story. It is based on huge reading with an attractive wring style, full of fascinating insights from an author with life-long experience in international shipping.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2021-12-09
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x 41 mm
  • Vikt: 802 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 320
  • Förlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781526786623
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Nick Collins read history at Magdalene College Cambridge, was pressed to continue academic research and writing but chose to go into maritime trade with H Clarkson& Co, now Clarkson-Plateau, the largest company in the field with world-wide connections. He was director of of the main company and of subsidiary companies in Asia including the Far East and India, Dubai and the USA. So he has done business with many of the countries in the regions featured in the book and brings practical hands-on experience to academic research to produce a unique work.

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Shortlisted for the Mountbatten Maritime Literary Prize‘History with a capital H’ Prof Geoffrey Till‘Clearly a most important book’ Dr Ronald Hyam'Fascinating and convincing;’ Prof Malcolm Falkus‘An epic tome.’ Nautilus International

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