A single, unique document - a list of one merchant's baggage - is the starting point used to bring to life the twelfth-century Indian Ocean. Drawing connections between material culture, foodstuffs and the construction of identity, Lambourn examines notions of home and mobility at a key moment in world history.

The meaning that people attribute to things necessarily derives from human transactions and motivations, particularly from how those things are used and circulated. The contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past. Focusing on culturally defined aspects of exchange and socially regulated p...(展开全部)

The meaning that people attribute to things necessarily derives from human transactions and motivations, particularly from how those things are used and circulated. The contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past. Focusing on culturally defined aspects of exchange and socially regulated p...(展开全部)

The medieval era is often associated with dynastic struggles, gruesome wars, and the formidable influence of the Church. But what about the everyday experience of the royal subjects and common people? Here, alongside the coronations, diplomatic dealings, and key battles, can be found the fabric of medieval life as it was really lived, in its folk songs, recipes, and local gossi...(展开全部)

Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times. In this classic work George Hourani deals with the history of the sea trade of the Arabs in the Indian Ocean from its obscure origins many centuries before Christ to the time of its full extension to China and East Africa in the ninth and tenth centuries.

作者：乔治·胡拉尼（1913—1984），英国哲学家、历史学家和古典学者。出生于英国曼彻斯顿一个黎巴嫩基督教家庭。曾先后任教于巴勒斯坦的阿拉伯政府学院、密锡根大学近东学系、布法罗大学哲学系以及加州大学洛杉机分校。1978年曾被推举担任全美东方学会会长。其长期从教的布法罗大学在其退休后，还设立了“乔治·胡拉尼专题讲座”，专邀著名学者讲授近东与阿拉伯历史、哲学与文化。因其对哲学、古典文明和航海史等领域的研究，尤其是对中东文化的专业洞察力而受到学界广泛赞誉。 译者：孙博，1991年生于江苏徐州，2022年毕业于南京大学历史学院/中国南海研究协同创新中心，获历史学博士学位。现任中国矿业大学马克思主义学院讲师。研究领域为海上交通史、城市史。

作者：乔治·胡拉尼（1913—1984），英国哲学家、历史学家和古典学者。出生于英国曼彻斯顿一个黎巴嫩基督教家庭。曾先后任教于巴勒斯坦的阿拉伯政府学院、密锡根大学近东学系、布法罗大学哲学系以及加州大学洛杉机分校。1978年曾被推举担任全美东方学会会长。其长期从教的布法罗大学在其退休后，还设立了“乔治·胡拉尼专题讲座”，专邀著名学者讲授近东与阿拉伯历史、哲学与文化。因其对哲学、古典文明和航海史等领域的研究，尤其是对中东文化的专业洞察力而受到学界广泛赞誉。 译者：孙博，1991年生于江苏徐州，2022年毕业于南京大学历史学院/中国南海研究协同创新中心，获历史学博士学位。现任中国矿业大学马克思主义学院讲师。研究领域为海上交通史、城市史。

Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times. In this classic work George Hourani deals with the history of the sea trade of the Arabs in the Indian Ocean from its obscure origins many centuries before Christ to the time of its full extension to China and East Africa in the ninth and tenth centuries.