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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.

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 reorienting of world history, taking the Indian Ocean, rather than Europe, as the point of departure. Volume I provides in-depth coverage of the period from the fourth millennium BCE to the sixth century CE.

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 reorienting of world history, taking the Indian Ocean, rather than Europe, as the point of departure. Volume II provides in-depth coverage of the period from the seventh century CE to the fifteenth century CE.

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 reorienting of world history, taking the Indian Ocean, rather than Europe, as the point of departure. Volume II provides in-depth coverage of the period from the seventh century CE to the fifteenth century CE.

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 reorienting of world history, taking the Indian Ocean, rather than Europe, as the point of departure. Volume I provides in-depth coverage of the period from the fourth millennium BCE to the sixth century CE.

Cet ouvrage, consacré aux plantes cultivées à Madagascar avant l’arrivée des Européens au XVIe siècle, retrace l’histoire de leur domestication dans leur aire d’origine et leurs trajectoires vers Madagascar, puis à l’intérieur de l’île. Il s’appuie sur une approche transdisciplinaire, combinant linguistique, génétique, archéologie, histoire, ethnographie et agronomie.Les Austronésiens qui arrivèrent à Madagascar vers le VIIIe siècle apportèrent des plantes du Sud-Est asiatique et des systèmes culturaux bien adaptés aux côtes Nord et Est de l’île, ainsi qu’à une partie des Hautes Terres. Les populations africaines, qui se fixèrent surtout dans un premier temps sur la côte Ouest et dans le Sud, au climat plus sec, introduisirent quant à elles des plantes du continent noir, mais aussi d’autres venues de l’Inde, de l’Asie occidentale et de l’Asie du Sud-Est.Au fil des siècles, de nombreuses plantes ont connu des introductions répétées, et l’ensemble de l’océan Indien a contribué aux apports des plantes cultivées à Madagascar. Leurs voyages ont suivi ceux des marins et des commerçants dans un océan qui représenta, comme la Méditerranée de Fernand Braudel, un espace culturel tissé par les mouvements des hommes : l’existence d’un commerce transcontinental allant de la Chine à l’est de la Méditerranée et à l’Afrique de l’Est donna aux pays de l’océan Indien une unité historique.Philippe Beaujard est ingénieur agronome, anthropologue et historien. Il est directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS et membre de l’Institut des mondes africains (IMAF). Outre de nombreux ouvrages sur Madagascar, il a publié en 2012 Les mondes de l’océan Indien (Armand Colin, 2 vol.).