Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies : : Volume 3: Frontier-Zone Processes and Transimperial Exchange

Abstract: The Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies offers the first comprehensive discussion of economic development in the empires of the Afro-Eurasian world region to elucidate the conditions under which large quantities of goods, people, and ideas moved across continents and between empires. Volume 3: Frontier-Zone Processes and Transimperial Exchange analyzes frontier zones as particular landscapes of encounter, economic development, and transimperial network formation. The chapters offer problematizing approaches to frontier-zone processes at the edges of and beyond empires, with the goal of better understanding how and why goods and resources moved across the Afro-Eurasian region. Key frontiers in mountains, deserts, and steppes as well as along coasts and rivers are investigated in depth, demonstrating how local landscapes, politics, and social situations explain network practices and participation in long-distance trade. The chapters illuminate local processes often overlooked in popular Silk Road models and show the potential of frontier-zone research for understanding ancient Afro-Eurasia as a connected space

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Keyword: Antike ; Wirtschaft ; Hellenismus

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Freiburg
• (who): Universität
• (when): 2025
• Contributor: Reden, Sitta von ; Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Seminar für Alte Geschichte

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/9783110607628
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2625326
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:21 AM CEST