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1 online resource (957 pages) |
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9781440835513_Volume_1; Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Early Civilizations, 4000 bce to 1000 bce; INTRODUCTION; CHRONOLOGY; Egypt, 4000 to 1000 bce; Delta, Battle of, ca. 1175 bce; The Khufu Vessels; Punt, Expeditions to; Sea Peoples; The Uluburun Shipwreck; The Aegean Sea, 4000 to 1000 bce; Homer; Knossos; Mesopotamia, 4000 to 1000 bce; Dilmun; The Epic of Gilgamesh; PRIMARY DOCUMENTS; Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI, ca. 2100 bce; "The Shipwrecked Sailor," ca. 2000-1650 bce |
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"Great Inscription of Year 8" and "Inscription Accompanying the Naval Battle," from Ramesses III's Mortuary Temple at Medinet Habu, ca. 1175 bceThe Report of Wenamun, ca. 1189-1077 bce; Homer, Odyssey, Book 5, lines 244-330, ca. 750-650 bce; Chapter 2 The Ancient World, 1000 bce to 300 ce; INTRODUCTION; CHRONOLOGY; China, 1000 bce to 300 ce; Egypt, 1000 bce to 300 ce; Alexandria; Eudoxus of Cyzicus; Ptolemy, Claudius, ca. 100-170 ce; Greece, 1000 bce to 300 ce; Herodotus, ca. 484-425 bce; Piraeus; Pytheas of Massalia, ca. 350 bce to ca. 285 bce; Salamis, Battle of; Syracusia |
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Themistocles, ca. 524-23 to 460-59 bceTrireme; India, 1000 bce to 300 ce; Phoenicia and Carthage, 1000 bce to 300 ce; Hanno the Navigator, Fifth and Sixth Centuries bce; Rome, 1000 bce to 300 ce; Actium, Battle of, 31 bce; Piracy in the Mediterranean to 300 ce; Punic Wars, 264-146 bce; PRIMARY DOCUMENTS; The Voyage of Hanno, ca. 600-400 bce; Herodotus on Pharaoh Necho II, ca. 484-425 bce; Julius Caesar Battles the Veneti, ca. 100-44 bce; Excerpt from the Pattinapalai, ca. 100 bce-100 ce; Strabo on Pytheas of Massalia, ca. 64 bce-24 ce; Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, ca. 60 ce |
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Chapter 3 Exchange and Encounter, 300 ce to 1000 ceINTRODUCTION; CHRONOLOGY; China and East Asia, 300 to 1000 ce; Imperial Tribute in the Sui and Tang Eras; Buddhist Pilgrimage from China; The Tang Dynasty Maritime Ceramic Route; Seaborne Merchants of Silla, 668-935 ce; Fa Xian, 337 to ca. 422 ce; Grand Canal; India, 300 to 1000 ce; Shipbuilding and Navigation; Buddhism Influence on Trade and Travel; Islamic Commercial Dominance; The Chola Empire; Pilgrimage, Buddhist; Islamic World, 632 ce to 1000 ce; Indian Ocean (Bahr al-Hind); The Mediterranean Sea (Bahr al-Rum, or Bahr al-Sham) |
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Christian Egyptians and the Umayyad FleetDhow; Masts, The Battle of the; Sinbad the Sailor; Northern Europe, 300 to 1000 ce; Trade and Exchange; Military and Naval Travel; Mission and Pilgrimage; Eriksson, Leif, ca. 970 to ca. 1020 ce; L'Anse aux Meadows; Viking Longship; Vikings; ROMANS AND BYZANTIUM; Trade and Exchange; Military and Naval Travel; Mission and Pilgrimage; Constantinople; Dromon; Rhodian Sea Law; T-O Maps; SOUTHEAST ASIA, POLYNESIA, AND THE PACIFIC; Easter Island (Rapa Nui); Srivijaya; Tattooing; Voyaging Canoes; PRIMARY DOCUMENTS; The Travels of Fa Xian, 337 to ca. 422 ce |
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The Voyage of St. Brendan, ca. 484-577 ce |
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Discoveries in geography -- History
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Ocean travel -- History
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Voyages and travels -- History
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Discoveries in geography
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Ocean travel
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Voyages and travels
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781440835513 |
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1440835519 |
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