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The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchant or skipper, it is a short manual for the traders who sailed from the Red Sea ports of Roman Egypt to buy and sell in the various ports along the coast of eastern Africa, southern Arabia, and western India. This edition, in many ways the culmination of a lifetime of study devoted to Rome's merchant marine and her trade with the east, provides an improved text of the Periplus, along with a lucid and reliable translation, a comprehensive general commentary that treats in particular the numerous obscure place-names and technical terms that occur, and a technical commentary that deals with grammatical, lexicographical, and textual matters for readers competent in Greek. An extensive introduction places the Periplus in its historical context.

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This book presents a broad overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the Red Sea, from its geological formation and oceanographic development to the environmental influences on its ecology and the changes it is experiencing due to the rapid development of its coastlines and role as one of the world’s major transport routes. The book gathers invited contributions from researchers with an interest in the geology, geophysics, oceanography and environment of the Red Sea, while also providing comprehensive new data and a complete review of the literature. It will be of interest not only to researchers actively studying the sea and its surroundings, but will also appeal to all those involved in planning and managing the Red Sea, its environment, its resources and the countries which rely on its existence.

Earth Sciences. --- Geology. --- Geoecology/Natural Processes. --- Physical Geography. --- Geography. --- Physical geography. --- Ecology. --- Géographie --- Géologie --- Géographie physique --- Ecologie --- History & Archaeology --- Geology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Regions & Countries - Africa --- Geology - General --- Red Sea --- History. --- Erythraean Sea --- Sinus Arabicus --- Yam Suf --- Yam Sup --- Earth sciences. --- Geoecology. --- Environmental geology. --- Geography --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Ecology --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection --- Physical geology

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With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea - both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea - and the Nile, this book offers a new and original perspective on Ptolemaic power in a key period of Hellenistic history. Within the developing Aegean empire of the Ptolemies, the role of the navy is examined together with that of its admirals. Egypt's close relationship to Rhodes is subjected to scrutiny, as is the constant threat of piracy to the transport of goods on the Nile and by sea. Along with the trade in grain came the exchange of other products. Ptolemaic kings used their wealth for luxury ships and the dissemination of royal portraiture was accompanied by royal cult. Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, attracted poets, scholars and even philosophers; geographical exploration by sea was a feature of the period and observations of the time enjoyed a long afterlife.

HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Sea-power --- Piracy --- Puissance maritime --- Piraterie --- History --- Histoire --- Ptolemaic dynasty, --- Egypt --- Mediterranean Sea --- Red Sea --- Nile River --- Rhodes (Greece) --- Egypte --- Méditerranée --- Rouge, Mer --- Nil (Fleuve) --- Rhodes (Grèce) --- History, Naval --- History. --- Relations --- Histoire navale --- History, Naval. --- Méditerranée --- Rhodes (Grèce) --- Dominion of the sea --- Military power --- Naval policy --- Navy --- Sea, Dominion of the --- Seapower --- Military readiness --- Naval art and science --- Naval history --- Naval strategy --- Navies --- Maritime piracy --- Offenses against public safety --- Rhodes (City) --- Rodi (Greece) --- Rodos (Greece) --- Ródhos (Greece) --- Rūdus (Greece) --- Rhodos (Greece) --- Erythraean Sea --- Sinus Arabicus --- Yam Suf --- Yam Sup --- Bahr en Nīl --- Nahr an Nīl --- Nīl River --- Nilus River --- Mare Nostrum --- Égypte --- Ägypten --- Egitto --- Egipet --- Egiptos --- Miṣr --- Southern Region (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) --- Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) --- Egipat --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- A.R.E. --- ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Mitsrayim --- Egipt --- Ijiptʻŭ --- Misri --- Ancient Egypt --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- جمهورية مصر العربية --- مِصر‎ --- مَصر‎ --- Maṣr --- Khēmi --- エジプト --- Ejiputo --- Egypti --- Egypten --- מצרים --- United Arab Republic --- Arts and Humanities