Book contents
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in color plates)
- Illustrations (in color plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction: The Geography of the Indian Ocean and Its Navigation
- Part I The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Birth of the State
- Chapter 2 Early Bronze Age I in Western Asia and Egypt (c. 3000–2700 bce)
- Chapter 3 Early Bronze Age II (c. 2700–1950 bce)
- Chapter 4 The New Spaces of the Middle Bronze Age in Asia and Egypt (c. 2000–1750 bce)
- Chapter 5 The Late Bronze Age (c. 1600–1100 bce), an Area Unified around the Eastern Mediterranean
- Chapter 6 East Asia: From Villages to States (c. 5000–1027 bce)
- Chapter 7 The Emergence of Intermediary Spaces
- Conclusion Were there World-Systems during the Bronze Age?
- Part II The Birth of the Afro-Eurasian World-System (First Millennium bce – Sixth Century ce)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Chapter 5 - The Late Bronze Age (c. 1600–1100 bce), an Area Unified around the Eastern Mediterranean
from Part I - The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 October 2019
Book contents
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in color plates)
- Illustrations (in color plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction: The Geography of the Indian Ocean and Its Navigation
- Part I The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Birth of the State
- Chapter 2 Early Bronze Age I in Western Asia and Egypt (c. 3000–2700 bce)
- Chapter 3 Early Bronze Age II (c. 2700–1950 bce)
- Chapter 4 The New Spaces of the Middle Bronze Age in Asia and Egypt (c. 2000–1750 bce)
- Chapter 5 The Late Bronze Age (c. 1600–1100 bce), an Area Unified around the Eastern Mediterranean
- Chapter 6 East Asia: From Villages to States (c. 5000–1027 bce)
- Chapter 7 The Emergence of Intermediary Spaces
- Conclusion Were there World-Systems during the Bronze Age?
- Part II The Birth of the Afro-Eurasian World-System (First Millennium bce – Sixth Century ce)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
The collapse of the Indus civilization was accompanied by a decrease in trade both in the Persian Gulf and along the terrestrial routes east of Mesopotamia. The demise of the Sumerian world at this time “cannot be a mere coincidence.” De-urbanization occurred at the same time in Iran, while in Babylonia Hammurabi’s successors had to deal with a social and economic crisis, aggravated by the Kassite invasions. The “Old Babylonian Period” ended in 1595 with the looting of Babylon by the Hittites (MC) (in 1499 in the ultra-short chronology of Gasche et al. 1998).
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- The Worlds of the Indian OceanA Global History, pp. 167 - 196Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019