Maritime trade

This thesis offers an examination of the history of Indo-Roman trade from its rise in about second century B.C.E., to its demise in the seventh century C.E. The main focus of this research is on the chronology and reasons for the decline in the Indo-Roman trade. Through a consid…

An important trading center for at least three distinct periods in its long history, and entrepot of the highly visible medieval trade between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, Aden owes much to its strategic geographical location. An exploration of the elements that defin…

Dhows, the wooden sailing ships that plied the trade routes between South-west Asia and East Africa and continue to serve the East African coastal trade, are usually seen as little more than an economically irrelevant relic of Zanzibar's exotic past. This dissertation argues tha…