Richard L. Smith is Professor of History and Williams Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities at Ferrum College, USA. His research interests are in North and West Africa and world history. He is the author of Ahmad al-Mansur: Islamic Visionary (2006) as well as numerous articles and book reviews in scholarly publications.

• List of Maps. Acknowledgements. Preface 1. Some Introductory Musings 2. In the Beginning 3. The First Link 4. Land of Gold 5. Into the Aegean and out of the Bronze Age 6. Of Purple Men and Oil Merchants 7. Shifting Cores and Peripheries in the Imperial West 8. When India was the Center of the World 9. Following the Periplus 10. The All-Water Route 11. From the Jade Road to the Silk Road 12. The Last Link. Epilogue. Bibliography

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Richard L. Smith is Professor of History and Williams Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities at Ferrum College, USA. His research interests are in North and West Africa and world history. He is the author of Ahmad al-Mansur: Islamic Visionary (2006) as well as numerous articles and book reviews in scholarly publications.

• List of Maps. Acknowledgements. Preface 1. Some Introductory Musings 2. In the Beginning 3. The First Link 4. Land of Gold 5. Into the Aegean and out of the Bronze Age 6. Of Purple Men and Oil Merchants 7. Shifting Cores and Peripheries in the Imperial West 8. When India was the Center of the World 9. Following the Periplus 10. The All-Water Route 11. From the Jade Road to the Silk Road 12. The Last Link. Epilogue. Bibliography

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Richard L. Smith is Professor of History and Williams Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities at Ferrum College, USA. His research interests are in North and West Africa and world history. He is the author of Ahmad al-Mansur: Islamic Visionary (2006) as well as numerous articles and book reviews in scholarly publications.

• List of Maps. Acknowledgements. Preface 1. Some Introductory Musings 2. In the Beginning 3. The First Link 4. Land of Gold 5. Into the Aegean and out of the Bronze Age 6. Of Purple Men and Oil Merchants 7. Shifting Cores and Peripheries in the Imperial West 8. When India was the Center of the World 9. Following the Periplus 10. The All-Water Route 11. From the Jade Road to the Silk Road 12. The Last Link. Epilogue. Bibliography

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