The Worlds of the Indian Ocean: A Global History

By Philippe Beaujard

Europe's place in history is re-assessed in this first comprehensive history of the ancient world, centering on the Indian Ocean and its role in pre-modern globalization. Philippe Beaujard presents an ambitious and comprehensive global history of the Indian Ocean world, from the earliest state formations to 1500 CE. Supported by a wealth of empirical data, full-color maps, plates, and figures, he shows how Asia and Africa dominated the economic and cultural landscape and the flow of ideas in the pre-modern world. This led to a trans-regional division of labor and an Afro-Eurasian world economy. Beaujard questions the origins of capitalism and hints at how this world-system may evolve in the future. The result is a re-orienting of world history, taking the Indian Ocean, rather than Europe, as the point of departure.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108341276
• ISBN13: 9781108341271
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 2100 Pages
• Weight: 14.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.2" x 9.5" x 11.9"