Table of Contents for Hourani, G.F.: Arab Seafaring: In the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times.

Arab Seafaring:
In the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times
George Hourani

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Introduction to the Expanded Edition
Preface
Ch. I Trade Routes in the Pre-Islamic Era
Prehistory and Geography 3
The East before Alexander 6
The Persian Gulf in Hellenistic and Roman Times 13
The Red Sea in Hellenistic and Roman Times 17
The Sassanid and Byzantine Empires 36
Appendix: Direct Sailing between the Persian Gulf and China in pre-Islamic Times 46
Ch. II Trade Routes Under the Caliphate
General Consequences of the Islamic Expansion 51
The Arabs on the Mediterranean 53
Persian and Arab Sea Trade with the Far East 61
East Africa and the Coasts of Africa 79
Later Times 83
Ch. III The Ships
Hulls and Their Equipment 89
Masts and Sails 100
Navigation and Life at Sea 105
Appendix: Four Sea Stories 114
Notes on Chapter I 129
Notes on Chapter II 140
Notes on Chapter III 150
Bibliography 157
Index 179