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Rome and the distant East : trade routes to the ancient lands of Arabia, India and China / Raoul McLaughlin.

Title
Rome and the distant East : trade routes to the ancient lands of Arabia, India and China / Raoul McLaughlin.
Author
McLaughlin, Raoul
Publication
London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.

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Description
xii, 236 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Queen's University Belfast, 2007 under title: Roman trade with India and the distant East 31 BC to AD 180.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-230) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ancient evidence for Eastern contacts -- Roman Egypt and the sea routes to India -- Rome and the Arabian trade routes -- Trade routes through Asia and the Silk Road connection -- Diplomatic contacts with the distant East -- The economic impact on the Roman Empire -- Appendix A. The products of the Roman Empire -- Appendix B. Eastern imports into the Roman Empire -- Appendix C. The prices of Eastern goods.
ISBN
  • 9781847252357 (hbk.)
  • 1847252354 (hbk.)
LCCN
^^2010280857
OCLC
  • 298599815
  • SCSB-10942964
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library