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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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Description for From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa
Paperback. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBG; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
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 and the ... 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 and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
California World History Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520282179
SKU
V9780520282179
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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
“A fascinating book.”
Times Literary Supplement
“Exceeds, by far, all previous scholarship on the Armenian merchants of New Julfa.”
Ararat
"Ground-breaking . . . Superb."
Journal of Global History
“An extensively researched study . . . that is both scholarly and interesting to read. . . . Well written and well-documented.”
Armenian Mirror-Spectator ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement
“Exceeds, by far, all previous scholarship on the Armenian merchants of New Julfa.”
Ararat
"Ground-breaking . . . Superb."
Journal of Global History
“An extensively researched study . . . that is both scholarly and interesting to read. . . . Well written and well-documented.”
Armenian Mirror-Spectator ... Read more