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From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa
Sebouh Aslanian
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Hardback. Presents a study that explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. This book discusses the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. It also explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668. The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa. Series: California World History Library. 392 pages, Illustrations, maps. Presents a study that explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. This book discusses the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. It also explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; KCLT; KCZ. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight: 654.
Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not seen for 300 years, this study explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. Based in New Julfa, Isfahan, in what is now Iran, these merchants operated a network of commercial settlements that stretched from London and Amsterdam to Manila and Acapulco. The New Julfan Armenians were the only Eurasian community that was able to operate simultaneously and successfully in all the major empires of the early modern world - both land-based Asian empires ... Read more
Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not seen for 300 years, this study explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. Based in New Julfa, Isfahan, in what is now Iran, these merchants operated a network of commercial settlements that stretched from London and Amsterdam to Manila and Acapulco. The New Julfan Armenians were the only Eurasian community that was able to operate simultaneously and successfully in all the major empires of the early modern world - both land-based Asian empires ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Series
California World History Library
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520266872
SKU
V9780520266872
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About Sebouh Aslanian
Sebouh David Aslanian is Assistant Professor of History and the Richard Hovannisian Term Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA
Reviews for From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa
"Fascinating." Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "Exceeds, by far, all previous scholarship on the Armenian merchants of New Julfa." Ararat "A fascinating book." Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "Aslanian has unearthed a veritable treasure trove, and this book, which is written in a lucid style, is of great interest." The Historian "An extensively researched study ... that is both scholarly and interesting ... Read more