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

Acknowledgements\nContents\nList of Contributors\nTransliteration and Orthography\nAbbreviations\nMap 1: Afro-Eurasian region showing the frontier zones treated by the chapters of this volumes\nIntroduction to the Third Volume\nPreludes\n1 Beyond the Silk Road: Toward Alternative Models of Transimperial Exchange\n2 Global History and the Study of Frontier Zones in Ancient Afro-Eurasia: A Postcolonial Endeavor\nPart I: Steppes and Oases\n3 Beyond Transit and Trade: Embedded Commodity Movement in the Hexi Corridor during the Han Period\n4 Merchants and Nomads: Political and Economic Organization in Sogdiana and the Middle Syr Darya under the Kangju Confederacy\n4.A Political Organization\n4.B Economic Organization\n5 The Eurasian Steppe: Local Agents and their Participation in Global Networks\nPart II: Oceans and Coasts\n6 Southern Sea Ports of the Han Empire: Urbanization and Trade in Coastal Lingnan\n7 Liminalities and Centralities of Early Historic Ports: The Gulf of Khambhat in Perspective\n8 Frontiers in the Mediterranean-Indian Ocean Exchange Network: The Eastern Desert of Egypt and its Ports\nPart III: Mountains and Deserts\n9 Multifaceted Highlands: The Economy of Armenia and its South Caucasus Context\n10 An Empire of Many Frontiers: The Economy of Arsakid Borderlands\n11 A Caravan City at the Edge of Empire? The Economy of Dura-Europos in the Syrian Desert\n12 Nabataean Networks and Transimperial Trade in Southwest Asia\n12.A Social, Political, and Economic Dynamics in a Desert Frontier\n12.B Aromatics and Agriculture: A Spatial Approach to Long-Distance Trade and the Local Economy of the Nabataeans\nIndex