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Connected Histories of the Middle East and the Global South Ser.: Across the Green Sea : Histories from the Western Indian Ocean, 1440-1640 by Sanjay Subrahmanyam (2024, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN-101477328777
ISBN-139781477328774
eBay Product ID (ePID)12062501966
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
Publication NameAcross the Green Sea : Histories from the Western Indian Ocean, 1440-1640
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
SubjectAsia / General, Middle East / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorSanjay Subrahmanyam
Subject AreaHistory
SeriesConnected Histories of the Middle East and the Global South Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2023-033196
Dewey Edition23/eng/20230809
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal909/.0982405
Table Of ContentList of Maps List of Illustrations Preface A Note on Transliteration A Note on Currency and Tonnage Introduction: Conceptual Issues in Connected Histories 1. An Epoch of Transitions, 1440-1520 2. The View from the Hijaz, 1500-1550 3. The Afro-Indian Axis 4. The View from Surat A Conclusion: Toward Polyphonic Histories Notes Index
SynopsisA history of two centuries of interactions among the areas bordering the western Indian Ocean, including India, Iran, and Africa. Beginning in the mid-fifteenth century, the regions bordering the western Indian Ocean--"the green sea," as it was known to Arabic speakers--had increasing contact through commerce, including a slave trade, and underwent cultural exchange and transformation. Using a variety of texts and documents in multiple Asian and European languages, Across the Green Sea looks at the history of the ocean from a variety of shifting viewpoints: western India; the Red Sea and Mecca; the Persian Gulf; East Africa; and Kerala. Sanjay Subrahmanyam sets the scene for this region starting with the withdrawal of China's Ming Dynasty and explores how the western Indian Ocean was transformed by the growth and increasing prominence of the Ottoman Empire and the continued spread of Islam into East Africa. He examines how several cities, including Mecca and the vital Indian port of Surat, grew and changed during these centuries, when various powers interacted until famines and other disturbances upended the region in the seventeenth century. Rather than proposing an artificial model of a dominant center and its dominated peripheries, Across the Green Sea demonstrates the complexity of a truly dynamic and polycentric system through the use of connected histories, a method pioneered by Subrahmanyam himself., A history of two centuries of interactions among the areas bordering the western Indian Ocean, including India, Iran, and Africa.
LC Classification NumberDS336.S83 2024
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