Worlds Apart Trading Together: The organisation of long-dista... - 9781784917425

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Worlds Apart Trading Together: The organisation of long-distance trade between Rome and India in AntiquityAuthor(s): Kasper Grnlund Evers\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Archaeopress, United Kingdom\nImprint: Archaeopress Archaeology\nISBN-13: 9781784917425, 978-1784917425\nSynopsis\nWorlds Apart Trading Together sets out to replace the outdated notion of Indo-Roman trade with a more informed perspective integrating the new findings of the last 30 years. In order to accomplish this, a perspective focusing on concrete demand from the ground up is adopted, also shedding light on the role of the market in long-distance exchange. Accordingly, the analysis conducted demonstrates that an economically highly substantial trade took place between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean in the 1st6th cen. CE, altering patterns of consumption and modes of production in both India, South Arabia and the Roman Empire. Significantly, it can be documented that this trade was organised at the centres o.