The Worlds of the Indian Ocean - Series page

pp iii-iv

The Worlds of the Indian Ocean - Title page

pp v-v

Copyright page

pp vi-vi

Dedication

pp vii-vii

Epigraph

pp viii-viii

Contents

pp ix-xii

Maps and Charts (in color plates)

pp xiii-xiv

Illustrations (in color plates)

pp xv-xvi

Figures

pp xvii-xvii

Tables

pp xviii-xviii

Abbreviations

pp xix-xx

Preface

pp xxi-xxiii

Acknowledgments

pp xxiv-xxiv

Prologue

pp 1-8

Introduction: The Geography of the Indian Ocean and Its Navigation

pp 9-18

Part I - The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)

pp 19-272

Introduction

pp 21-46

Chapter 1 - The Birth of the State

pp 47-78

Chapter 2 - Early Bronze Age I in Western Asia and Egypt (c. 3000–2700 bce)

pp 79-85

Chapter 3 - Early Bronze Age II (c. 2700–1950 bce)

pp 86-134

Chapter 4 - The New Spaces of the Middle Bronze Age in Asia and Egypt (c. 2000–1750 bce)

pp 135-166

Chapter 5 - The Late Bronze Age (c. 1600–1100 bce), an Area Unified around the Eastern Mediterranean

pp 167-196

Chapter 6 - East Asia: From Villages to States (c. 5000–1027 bce)

pp 197-219

Chapter 7 - The Emergence of Intermediary Spaces

pp 220-249

Conclusion - Were there World-Systems during the Bronze Age?

pp 250-272

Part II - The Birth of the Afro-Eurasian World-System (First Millennium bce – Sixth Century ce)

pp 273-642

Introduction

pp 275-347

Chapter 8 - The Beginnings of the Iron Age

pp 348-373

Chapter 9 - The Roads to the Orient

pp 374-434