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050		0	_aVK99 _b.H687 1995
100	1		_aHourani, George Fadlo.
245	1	0	_aArab seafaring in the Indian Ocean in ancient and early medieval times / _cby George F. Hourani ; revised and expanded by John Carswell.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aPrinceton, N.J. : _bPrinceton University Press, _c1995.
300			_axvii, 189 p. : _bill., maps ; _c22 cm.
500			_aOriginally thesis (doctoral) -- Princeton University.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 157-177) and index.
505	0		_aCHAPTER I. Trade routes in the pre-Islamic Era : Prehistory and Geography - The East before Alexander - The Persian Gulf in Hellenistic and Roman Times - The Red Sea in Hellenistic and Roman Times - The Sassanid and Byzantine between Persian Gulf - Appendix : Direct Sailing between the Persian Gulf and China in pre-Islamic Times -- CHAPTER II. Trade routes under the Caliphate : General Consequences of the Islamic Expansion - The Arabs on the Mediterranean - Persian and Arab Sea Trade with the Far East - East Africa and the Coasts of Africa - Later Times -- CHAPTER III. The ships : General Remarks - Hulls and Their Equipment - Masts and Sails - Navigation and Life at Sea - Appendix : Four Sea Stories -- Maps : I. The ancient Orient - II. The Middle East in Graeco-Roman times - III. The Middle East in the sixth century A. D. - IV. The Middle East and East Africa in Abbasid Times - V. The Far East as known to the Arabs - VI. The Indian Ocean today - VII. Lower Egypt - VIII. Recently excavated and other related sites.
650		0	_aNavigation _zArab countries _xHistory.
650		0	_aTrade routes _zIndian Ocean _xHistory.
650		0	_aCommerce _xHistory _yMedieval, 500-1500.
650		0	_aCommerce _xHistory _yTo 500.
651		0	_aIndian Ocean _xNavigation _xHistory.
700	1		_aCarswell, John, _d1931-
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