The Pre-Islamic Indian Ocean
Code
722051262
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Bibliography
- MCPHERSON, Kenneth, The Indian Ocean. A History of the People and the Sea, Nova Deli, Oxford University Press, 1998.
- ROMAINS, F. de & A. Tchernia (dir.), Crossings. Early Mediterranean Contacts with India, Nova Deli, Manohar & Italian Emabassy Cultural Centre, 1997.
- HALL, Kenneth R., Maritime Trade and State Development in Early Southeast Asia, Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1985.
- WOLTERS, O. W., Early Indonesian commerce. A Study of the Origins of Srivijaya, Ithaca-Nova Iorque, Cornell University Press, 1967.
- HOURANI, George F., «Trade Routes in the Pre-Islamic Era», in Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1951, pp. 3-50.
Teaching method
Lectures play an important role in this course, though not exclusively. Students will be asked to engage actively during
classes and encouraged to debate topics of the course or to comment texts or primary sources.
Evaluation method
The structure of marks and the nature of assignments is the following: a research paper, where students will be expected to
explore primary sources (12-5 pages long; counts for 60% of the final grade) and a critical essay about an article (3-4 pages;
counts for 20% of the final grade). The oral participation of students will also be taken in account of the final grade (20%).