{"product_id":"9781108424653","title":"The Worlds of the Indian Ocean: A Global History","description":"Europe's place in history is re-assessed in this first comprehensive history of the ancient world, centering on the Indian Ocean and its role in pre-modern globalization. Philippe Beaujard presents an ambitious and comprehensive global history of the Indian Ocean world, from the earliest state formations to 1500 CE. Supported by a wealth of empirical data, full color maps, plates, and figures, he shows how Asia and Africa dominated the economic and cultural landscape and the flow of ideas in the pre-modern world. This led to a trans-regional division of labor and an Afro-Eurasian world economy. Beaujard questions the origins of capitalism and hints at how this world-system may evolve in the future. The result is a reorienting of world history, taking the Indian Ocean, rather than Europe, as the point of departure. Volume II provides in-depth coverage of the period from the seventh century CE to the fifteenth century CE.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46446835826929,"sku":"9781108424653","price":158.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781108424653_p0.jpg?v=1785781271","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781108424653","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}