Worlds Apart Trading Together: The organisation of long-distance trade between Rome and India in Antiquity

Worlds Apart Trading Together replaces the outdated notion of 'Indo-Roman trade' with a more informed perspective focusing on concrete demand from the ground up, demonstrating that an economically highly substantial trade took place between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean in the 1st-6th cen. CE, altering patterns of consumption and modes of production in both India, South Arabia, and the Roman Empire. This trade was organized at the centers of demand and supply by comparable urban associations, transport by private networks, and diasporas of seagoing merchants, resulting in the economic structures of the societies involved converging by adapting to trade and the market.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 222 pages
\n Publication date: 31 December 2017
\n Publisher: Archaeopress
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Worlds Apart Trading Together aims to rewrite the outdated notion of 'Indo-Roman trade' by adopting a more informed perspective that integrates the latest findings from the past 30 years. To achieve this, a perspective focusing on tangible ground-up demand is embraced, shedding light on the market's role in long-distance exchange. The analysis conducted reveals that a significant economic trade occurred between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean during the 1st to 6th century CE, which altered consumption patterns and production modes in India, South Arabia, and the Roman Empire. Notably, this trade was organized at the centers of demand and supply, in Rome and India, respectively, by comparable urban associations. The transportation between these centers was managed by well-organized private networks and diasporas of seagoing merchants. Consequently, this study concludes that the establishment of the market in Antiquity played a pivotal role in facilitating trade over vast distances, exerting a distinctive impact on the economies of the societies involved. Their economic structures converged through adaptation to trade and the market, leading to a harmonious coexistence.

\n Weight: 812g\n
Dimension: 290 x 204 x 21 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781784917425\n \n