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THE BOOK 'FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN TO THE MEDITERRANEAN' COMES OUT
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 29, 2011 - 18:29 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The book 'From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean:
The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa' by
Sebouh Aslanian came out in the U.S, according to the University of
California Press website.
Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not
seen for 300 years, this study explores the emergence and growth of a
remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants
from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. Based in New Julfa,
Isfahan, in what is now Iran, these merchants operated a network of
commercial settlements that stretched from London and Amsterdam to
Manila and Acapulco.
The New Julfan Armenians were the only Eurasian community that was
able to operate simultaneously and successfully in all the major
empires of the early modern world-both land-based Asian empires and
the emerging sea-borne empires-astonishingly without the benefits
of an imperial network and state that accompanied and facilitated
European mercantile expansion during the same period.
This book brings to light for the first time the trans-imperial
cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. Among other topics, it explores
the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community
life, the ethos of trust and cooperation that existed among merchants,
and the importance of information networks and communication in the
operation of early modern mercantile communities, as said in the
book description.
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 29, 2011 - 18:29 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The book 'From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean:
The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa' by
Sebouh Aslanian came out in the U.S, according to the University of
California Press website.
Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not
seen for 300 years, this study explores the emergence and growth of a
remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants
from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. Based in New Julfa,
Isfahan, in what is now Iran, these merchants operated a network of
commercial settlements that stretched from London and Amsterdam to
Manila and Acapulco.
The New Julfan Armenians were the only Eurasian community that was
able to operate simultaneously and successfully in all the major
empires of the early modern world-both land-based Asian empires and
the emerging sea-borne empires-astonishingly without the benefits
of an imperial network and state that accompanied and facilitated
European mercantile expansion during the same period.
This book brings to light for the first time the trans-imperial
cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. Among other topics, it explores
the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community
life, the ethos of trust and cooperation that existed among merchants,
and the importance of information networks and communication in the
operation of early modern mercantile communities, as said in the
book description.