Driven by the Monsoons: Through the Indian Ocean and the Seas of China
Autor Barry Cunliffeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 aug 2025
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780198886815
ISBN-10: 0198886810
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: numerous colour illustrations and maps
Dimensiuni: 195 x 250 x 24 mm
Greutate: 1.01 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0198886810
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: numerous colour illustrations and maps
Dimensiuni: 195 x 250 x 24 mm
Greutate: 1.01 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Once again Barry Cunliffe brings his archaeological and historical expertise to bear on maritime spaces, the Indian Ocean and the seas off China, that have been sailed intensively for thousands of years. The story of these seas is the story of how Asia, Africa, and then Europe became connected, first through trade and migration, and then through conquest. It is also the story of cultural interactions, as religious ideas moved east and as silk and spices moved west.
This is a lovely book, well-illustrated and joining up lots of dynasties and different forces playing out across time, both physically and geopolitically.
Barry Cunliffe is one of the most distinguished archaeologists of his generation. ... Turning these pages is in itself almost an entire education given the vast range of material and insights that Cunliffe utilises. The essential point is that history, whether the actors wish it or not, is driven by the forces of geography far more than by social matters. The brute facts of the natural world are more formative than many allow.
Cunliffe is not just the doyen of British archaeology; he is the discipline personified.... [Driven by the Monsoons] is a triumph of multum in parvo. Cunliffe manages to cover almost everything: the nature of the winds and currents, the experiences of sailors, the designs of ships, the methods of navigation, the tug of trade and the omnipresence of politics.
Veteran archaeologist Barry Cunliffe's book embraces an exceptionally complex and often speculative subject: the lucrative connections, mostly by sea, between cultures around China and the Indian Ocean, from prehistoric times to the emergence of European trading companies in around 1600. He recounts vivid details, such as how black peppercorns from India's Malabar coast were found up the nose of the mummified Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II (1303–1213 bc).
This is a lovely book, well-illustrated and joining up lots of dynasties and different forces playing out across time, both physically and geopolitically.
Barry Cunliffe is one of the most distinguished archaeologists of his generation. ... Turning these pages is in itself almost an entire education given the vast range of material and insights that Cunliffe utilises. The essential point is that history, whether the actors wish it or not, is driven by the forces of geography far more than by social matters. The brute facts of the natural world are more formative than many allow.
Cunliffe is not just the doyen of British archaeology; he is the discipline personified.... [Driven by the Monsoons] is a triumph of multum in parvo. Cunliffe manages to cover almost everything: the nature of the winds and currents, the experiences of sailors, the designs of ships, the methods of navigation, the tug of trade and the omnipresence of politics.
Veteran archaeologist Barry Cunliffe's book embraces an exceptionally complex and often speculative subject: the lucrative connections, mostly by sea, between cultures around China and the Indian Ocean, from prehistoric times to the emergence of European trading companies in around 1600. He recounts vivid details, such as how black peppercorns from India's Malabar coast were found up the nose of the mummified Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II (1303–1213 bc).
Notă biografică
Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He was a Commissioner of English Heritage from 2005 to 2013. His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997, second edition 2018), Facing the Ocean (2001), The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), Britain Begins (2012), By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean (2015), The Scythians (2019), and Facing the Sea of Sand (2023), all published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.