The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean: The Ancient World Economy & The Kingdoms of Africa, Arabia & India, Raoul McLaughlin, c. 2014, 2018
How the book is laid out.
Introduction: how did the Roman Empire pay for its professional military?
Chapter 1: an overview -- revenue and the Roman economy.
Chapter 2: how revenue led to Roman prosperity.
Chapter 3: the big product -- a unique product -- incense -- an incredibly good chapter on incense.
Chapter 4: now, the intermediaries, those between the Romans and those with whom they traded -- the Petra and the Nabataeans
Chapter 5: a superb geography lesson -- beyond Egypt -- the Nile route and the African kingdom of Meroe
Chapter 6: the specific trade routes -- the Red Sea
Chapter 7: the specific trade routes -- the Indian Ocean
Chapter 8: macroeconomics -- international business -- an overview
Chapter 9: the specific "overseas" traders -- East Africa and the Aksumite Kingdom
Chapter 10: the specific "overseas" traders -- southern Arabia and the Saba-Himyarites
Chapter 11: the specific "overseas" traders -- Arabia Felix and the Hadramawt Kingdom
Chapter 12: the specific "overseas" traders -- the Indo-Parthians
Chapter 13: the specific "overseas" traders -- the Saka and Satavahana kingdoms
Chapter 14: the specific "overseas" traders -- the Tamil kingdoms of southern India
Chapter 15: the specific "overseas" traders -- the Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka and the Far East
Chapter 16: the specific "overseas" traders -- the Antun Embassy to China and the Antonine pandemic
Conclusion: assessing the Roman economy
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