Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route /
Sidebotham, Steven E.
Berkeley : University of California Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Geography, climate, ancient authors, and modern visitors -- Pre-Roman infrastructure in the Eastern Desert -- Ptolemaic diplomatic-military-commercial activities -- Ptolemaic and early Roman Berenike and environs -- Inhabitants of Berenike in Roman times -- Water in the desert and the ports -- Nile/Red Sea roads -- Other emporia -- Merchant ships -- Commercial networks and trade costs -- Trade in Roman Berenike -- Late Roman Berenike and its demise.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Spice trade
Trade routes
Port cities
International trade