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Acknowledgements List of Table, Figures, and Maps Abbreviations Introduction Federico De Romanis and Marco Maiuro Part 1 - The Cradle of the Ancient India Trade: The Red Sea 1 Red Sea Trade and the State Andrew Wilson 2 Trajan's Canal: River Navigation from the Nile to the Red Sea? Jean-Jacques Aubert 3 Pearls, Power, and Profit: Mercantile Networks and Economic Considerations of the Pearl Trade in the Roman Empire Katia Schorle 4 Roman Policy on the Red Sea in the Second Century CE Dario Nappo 5 Roman Trade with the Far East: Evidence for Nabataean Middlemen in Puteoli Taco Terpstra Part 2 - Comparative Perspectives on the India Trade 6 Indian Gold Crossing the Indian Ocean Through the Millennia Harry Falk 7 'Regions that Look Seaward': Changing Fortunes, Submerged Histories, and the Slow Capitalism of the Sea Jairus Banaji 8 Comparative Perspectives on the Pepper Trade Federico De Romanis 9 Into the East: European Merchants in Asian Markets During the Early Modern Period Martha Howell Afterword Elio Lo Cascio References Index of Sources General Index

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