The Indian Ocean World Global Economy in the Context of Human-Environment Interaction, C. 300 BCE–1750

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-66
Author(s):  
Gwyn Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Historical Change ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Indian Ocean World

This article explores the rise and development, from about 300 bce to c. 1750 of an Indian Ocean World 'global economy' – a long-distance system of exchange that linked East Africa and the Middle East to South Asia, South-east Asia and East Asia. Focusing on human-environment interaction, Campbell challenges spatial and temporal paradigms based on the conventional beliefs that humans alone are the catalyst of historical change, and that Europeans gained economic ascendancy in the region from the time of the 'Voyages of Discovery'.

Gujarati Merchant Diaspora in South East Asia (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries)

2019 ◽  
pp. 305-314
Author(s):  
Ruby Maloni
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Trading Systems ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Indian Ocean World

Gujarat was concentric to the early modern Indian Ocean world. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed the fine tuning of long distance trading systems. In South East Asia, the Indo-Portuguese trade network flourished in the sixteenth century, followed by the English and the Dutch in the seventeenth. Equilibrium was established between European and Asian traders, both indispensable to the other. Profitable trade in pepper and spices in the eastern archipelago was based on cotton textiles from Gujarat. In the sixteenth century, Cambay stretched out two arms—towards Aden and Malacca. Commercial connections included ports like Acheh, Kedah, Tenasserim, Pegu, Pase, and Pidie. In the seventeenth century, Surat’s mercantile marine facilitated the consolidation of Gujarati trade. This chapter shows how Gujarati merchant diaspora was intrinsic to the intricate patterns of trade practices and traditions of the Indian Ocean.

Commercial Networks Connecting Southeast Asia with the Indian Ocean

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Hoogervorst
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Commercial Networks ◽  
The Indian Ocean

Southeast Asian history has seen remarkable levels of mobility and durable connections with the rest of the Indian Ocean. The archaeological record points to prehistoric circulations of material culture within the region. Through the power of monsoon sailing, these small-scale circuits coalesced into larger networks by the 5th century bce. Commercial relations with Chinese, Indian, and West Asian traders brought great prosperity to a number of Southeast Asian ports, which were described as places of immense wealth. Professional shipping, facilitated by local watercraft and crews, reveals the indigenous agency behind such long-distance maritime contacts. By the second half of the first millennium ce, ships from the Indo-Malayan world could be found as far west as coastal East Africa. Arabic and Persian merchants started to play a larger role in the Indian Ocean trade by the 8th century, importing spices and aromatic tree resins from sea-oriented polities such as Srivijaya and later Majapahit. From the 15th century, many coastal settlements in Southeast Asia embraced Islam, partly motivated by commercial interests. The arrival of Portuguese, Dutch, and British ships increased the scale of Indian Ocean commerce, including in the domains of capitalist production systems, conquest, slavery, indentured labor, and eventually free trade. During the colonial period, the Indian Ocean was incorporated into a truly global economy. While cultural and intellectual links between Southeast Asia and the wider Indian Ocean have persisted in the 21st century, commercial networks have declined in importance.

Prospects for One Belt, One Road in 2017

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chinese Investment ◽  
Energy Networks ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The One ◽  
Port Infrastructure

Subject Prospects for One Belt, One Road in 2017. Significance The One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative, launched in 2013, consists of Chinese investment in land-based infrastructure linking China with Europe across Central Asia, and in shipping and port infrastructure around South-east Asia and the Indian Ocean rim; both branches also involve development of energy networks. 2017 will be a critical year as some projects near completion and spending on others ramps up sharply.

scholarly journals The Indian Ocean World: Africa in the First Global Economy

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwyn Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Historical Role ◽  
Indian Ocean World

This paper outlines the debate surrounding the emergence of the first ‘global’ economy and discusses the role within it of Africa. First, it outlines the case for arguing that the Indian Ocean World (IOW) rather than Europe should be considered the arena in which the first global economy developed. It subsequently examines the historical role of Africa within the IOW with particular emphasis on Africa’s contribution to the IOW global economy and the possible repercussions such an analysis has for the historiography of Africa and the wider IOW.

Defence in the Indian ocean‐south‐east Asia area

1966 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-265
Author(s):  
Brigadier W. F. K. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The Indian Ocean
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