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| List of Maps | |
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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The longue dur�e | |
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| Littoral society | |
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| 'Peddler's trade' | |
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| Piracy | |
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| Maritime history | |
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| The Sea | |
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| The sea in history | |
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| The Indian Ocean | |
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| monsoons | |
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| The unity of the Indian Ocean | |
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| Regional Partners | |
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| The Swahili Coast | |
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| Cultivation | |
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| The mangrove economy | |
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| Fishing | |
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| Maritime culture | |
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| The Intermediate Desert zone | |
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| Fishing | |
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| The pearl industry | |
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| Coastal trade | |
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| Monsoon trade: the case of Sur | |
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| The Western Indian Seaboard | |
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| Fishing, timber and spices on the Malabar coast | |
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| Shipbuilding | |
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| The Textile industry of Gujarat | |
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| Trade | |
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| Navigation | |
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| The Dhow | |
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| Sewn Boats | |
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| Transformations | |
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| Types of dhows in the western Indian Ocean | |
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| The people of the dhow | |
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| Navigational Methods in the Western Indian Ocean | |
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| Sources of Indian Ocean navigation | |
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| The 'lions' of Indian Ocean navigation | |
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| Monsoons and navigation | |
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| 'The ideal navigator' | |
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| Dialogue Across the Ocean | |
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| The Dawn: The World of the Periplus | |
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| Muza and the western rim of the Indian Ocean | |
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| Barygaza: the eastern hub | |
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| The Persian Gulf: the periplus' 'blind spot' | |
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| The Superimposition of Roman trade | |
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| The Iranian Interval | |
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| Iranian navigation under the Sasanians | |
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| Extension into the Eastern Sea | |
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| Persistence of Iranian navigation under Muslim hegemony: Siraf | |
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| The 'Shirazi' tradition on the Swahili coast | |
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| The Era of Sindbad | |
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| The Islamic heartland | |
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| Traders from the West | |
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| The Chinese counterweight | |
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| The Swahili coast | |
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| Arabia and the Persian Gulf | |
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| The Malabar coast | |
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| Gujarat | |
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| Madagascar: 'People who have Come from the Sea' | |
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| Indonesian migrations | |
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| The African seam | |
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| The Swahili connection | |
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| The Cultural World of the Indian Ocean | |
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| Slave Trade and Slavery in the Indian Ocean: the Zanj Rebellion | |
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| Slavery in Islam | |
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| The Zanj Rebellion | |
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| The Early slave trade from the Swahili coast | |
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| Slave trade with India and China | |
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| 'A Muslim Lake' | |
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| The mercantile milieu of Islam | |
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| Trade and tolerance | |
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| Itinerant scholars and Sufi networks | |
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| The Hajj - a great unifier | |
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| The Hajj and commerce | |
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| Cultural Continuum: Mobility Across the Indian Ocean | |
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| Hadhramaut: the geography of emigration | |
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| The Swahili: 'Oriental', 'African,' or schizophrenic? | |
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| Mappilas: 'Sons-in-law of the monsoons | |
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| Mare Liberum and its Antithesis | |
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| The Zheng He expeditions | |
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| China and the Indian Ocean | |
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| The Chinese Retreat and the 'Vasco da Gama epoch' | |
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| Conclusion: The Global World of the Indian Ocean | |
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| Bibliography | |