Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route [electronic resource] / Steven E. Sidebotham.
Series: California world history library ; 18.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.Description: xvii, 434 p. : illISBN:- 9780520244306 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780520948389 (e-book)
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Bar�an�is
- Spice trade -- Egypt -- Bar�an�is -- History -- To 1500
- Trade routes -- Egypt -- Bar�an�is -- History -- To 1500
- Port cities -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500
- International trade -- History -- To 1500
- Bar�an�is (Egypt) -- Antiquities
- Bar�an�is (Egypt) -- Antiquities, Roman
- Bar�an�is (Egypt) -- Commerce -- History
- Eastern Desert (Egypt) -- Commerce -- History
- Bar�an�is (Egypt) -- Social life and customs
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- DT73.B375 S4 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Geography, climate, ancient authors, and modern visitors -- Pre-Roman infrastructure in the Eastern Desert -- Ptolemaic diplomatic-military-commercial activities -- Ptolemaic and early Roman Berenike and environs -- Inhabitants of Berenike in Roman times -- Water in the desert and the ports -- Nile/Red Sea roads -- Other emporia -- Merchant ships -- Commercial networks and trade costs -- Trade in Roman Berenike -- Late Roman Berenike and its demise.
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