The Ancient Red Sea Port Of Adulis And The Eritrean Coastal Region
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The Ancient Red Sea Port Of Adulis And The Eritrean Coastal Region
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Author : Chiara Zazzaro
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Release Date : 2013
The Ancient Red Sea Port Of Adulis And The Eritrean Coastal Region written by Chiara Zazzaro and has been published by British Archaeological Reports this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Art categories.
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 85. Series Editors: Laurence Smith, Brian Stewart and Stephanie Wynne-Jone.
The Ancient Red Sea Port Of Adulis Eritrea
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Author : D. P. S. Peacock
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Release Date : 2007
The Ancient Red Sea Port Of Adulis Eritrea written by D. P. S. Peacock and has been published by Oxbow Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
The port of Adulis was one of greatest significance in Antiquity. It is best known for its role in Aksumite trade during the fourth - seventh centuries AD. However it is also a major port of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea , a sailors' hand-book of the first century AD. Not only did it offer a good harbour on the route to India, but it was a source for luxuries such as ivory, tortoise-shell and rhinoceros horn. The site was first identified by Henry Salt, in 1810, but there have always been a number of problems, both chronological and topographical with the identification. Firstly, the surface pottery is late in date and accords with Aksumitic importance rather than the Roman. Secondly, Adulis is referred to as a port, but it is today 7 km from the sea. The Periplus refers to an island approached by a causeway, which suggested to some that the site was originally at Massawa, 60 km to the north, a town which today comprises islands connected by causeways. The work of Cosmas Indicopleustes 'Christian Topography' written in the 6th Century AD mentions two other places, Gabaza and Samidi, which have never been identified. The fieldwork on which this book is based resolves these issues. It is suggested that Roman Adulis underlies the Aksumite city. Also the pottery and structures on the Galala hills to the south, show that this was almost certainly 'the site of Aksumite Gabaza. However, off the seaward end of the hills is a rock which would have been a small island in Roman times and on it was a scatter of 1st century AD Roman wine amphorae (Dressel 2-4). The Periplus tells us that ships used to moor of Diodorus Island which was connected to the mainland by a causeway, but was later moved to an island called Oreinê (hilly) for greater security. The latter can be none other than Dese which is the only hilly island in the area and on it field survey has located a fine harbour and an early Roman settlement. The remaining site, Samidi, has also been found, for 7 km north of Adulis are large stone mounds. Architectural fragments and fragments of human bone suggest that this may have been an impressive mausoleum, perhaps the burial place of the kings of Adulis.
Trade And Travel In The Red Sea Region
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Author : Paul Lunde
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release Date : 2004
Trade And Travel In The Red Sea Region written by Paul Lunde and has been published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
Society for Arabian Studies Monographs No. 2 Series editors D. Kennet & St J. Simpson
The Life Of The Red Sea Dhow
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Author : Dionisius A. Agius
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-04-04
The Life Of The Red Sea Dhow written by Dionisius A. Agius and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-04 with History categories.
Few images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as, under full sail, it tacks to windward on glittering waters of Red Sea before moving across the face of the rising or setting sun. In this authoritative new book, Dionisius A. Agius, one of the foremost scholars of Islamic material culture, offers a lucid and wide-ranging history of the iconic dhow from medieval to modern times. Traversing the Arabian and African coasts, he shows that the dhow was central not just to commerce but to the vital transmission and exchange of ideas. Discussing trade and salt routes, shoals and wind patterns, spice harvest seasons and the deep and resonant connection between language, memory and oral tradition, this is the first book to place the dhow in its full and remarkable cultural contexts.
Human Interaction With The Environment In The Red Sea
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Author : Dionysius A. Agius
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-04-24
Human Interaction With The Environment In The Red Sea written by Dionysius A. Agius and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-24 with History categories.
This volume contains a selection of fourteen papers presented at the Red Sea VI conference held at Tabuk University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2013. It sheds light on many aspects related to the environmental and biological perspectives, history, archaeology and human culture of the Red Sea, opening the door to more interdisciplinary research in the region. It stimulates a new discourse on different human adaptations to, and interactions with, the environment. With contributions by Andre Antunes, K. Christopher Beard, Ahmed Hussein, Emad Khalil, Solène Marion de Procé, Abdirachid Mohamed, Ania Kotarba-Morley, Sandra Olsen, Andrew Peacock, Eleanor Scerri, Pierre Schneider, Marijke Van Der Veen and Chiara Zazzaro.
Stories Of Globalisation The Red Sea And The Persian Gulf From Late Prehistory To Early Modernity
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Author : Andrea Manzo
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-11-26
Stories Of Globalisation The Red Sea And The Persian Gulf From Late Prehistory To Early Modernity written by Andrea Manzo and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-26 with History categories.
This edited book collects papers on latest research conducted in the Red Sea area within the wider context of the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean connection from prehistory to the contemporary era
The Ancient Shore
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Author : Paul J. Kosmin
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2024
The Ancient Shore written by Paul J. Kosmin and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with History categories.
Paul Kosmin argues that the coast--not individual shores, but the coast as such--was fundamental to ancient history. The social and natural dynamics of the coast profoundly shaped not just politics and trade but also ancient peoples' sense of wonder and of self, earning constant philosophical, religious, scientific, and literary attention.
Toponymy On The Periphery
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Author : Julien Cooper
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-08-03
Toponymy On The Periphery written by Julien Cooper and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-03 with History categories.
"In Toponymy on the Periphery, Julien Charles Cooper conducts a study of the rich geographies preserved in Egyptian texts relating to the desert regions east of Egypt. These regions, filled with mines, quarries, nomadic camps, and harbours are often considered as an unimportant hinterland of the Egyptian state, but this work reveals the wide explorations and awareness Egyptians had of the Red Sea and its adjacent deserts, from the Sinai in the north to Punt in the south. The book attempts to locate many of the placenames present in Egyptian texts and analyse their etymology in light of Egyptian linguistics and the various foreign languages spoken in the adjacent deserts and distant shores of the Red Sea"--
The End Of Empires
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Author : Michael Gehler
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-11-21
The End Of Empires written by Michael Gehler and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-21 with History categories.
The articles of this comprehensive edited volume offer a multidisciplinary, global and comparative approach to the history of empires. They analyze their ends over a long spectrum of humankind’s history, ranging from Ancient History through Modern Times. As the main guiding question, every author of this volume scrutinizes the reasons for the decline, the erosion, and the implosion of individual empires. All contributions locate and highlight different factors that triggered or at least supported the ending or the implosion of empires. This overall question makes all the contributions to this volume comparable and allows to detect similarities, differences as well as inconsistencies of historical processes.
Seafaring Expeditions To Punt In The Middle Kingdom
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Author : Kathryn A. Bard
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-08-13
Seafaring Expeditions To Punt In The Middle Kingdom written by Kathryn A. Bard and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-13 with History categories.
In the 12th Dynasty the Egyptian state sent seafaring expeditions to the land of Punt from a harbor on the Red Sea. Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis have uncovered well preserved evidence of this harbor and the probable location of Punt.