142; northern 16, 21, 69, 114, 120;
obsidian 20–21;
exchange 1–3, 6, 137; Bronze Age 18;
detecting the process of 9; Neolithic
period 14–15; Paleolithic period 13–14;
social act 4
Ezana 100
Ezekiel 63
Ezion-geber 49– 50
faience 42–43, 54, 56, 61, 71
Far-Side Barbaria 102– 4
Ferghana 130– 34
Finland 21
fish 8, 48; Black Sea 71; Ichthyophagi 99,
104; Roman Empire 77–78;see also
garum
flint 16, 19, 37
foods and foodstuffs 8, 47, 49, 63, 140;
China 122; Indian Ocean 90, 103, 140;
Roman Empire 77, 82; Sumer export 25
Formalism 4, 6
France 16, 66, 69, 78;see alsoGaul
frankincense 45, 90, 93, 95–96, 101–4,
106, 117
Funan 114–15, 117–18, 120
furs 69, 71, 78, 106, 122, 126, 134
Fur Road 122
Gades (Cadiz) 65
Ganfu 130– 31
Ganges River and delta 85, 94, 106–8,
116, 122– 23
Gansu Corridor 122, 127–28, 130, 133
Gaozong 128
garum 76–77, 108
Gaul 69, 75, 77, 79– 82
Gazirat Zabarjad 95
Gebbanites 101
gems, precious and semi-precious stones 29,
87; Ceylon source 107; China import
122; Egypt export 43, 71; Egypt import
41; India export 106; peridot 95, 106;
Phoenician 47, 63; Sumer import 33;
Southeast Asia 111, 115;see alsolapis
lazuli
Germany 75, 135; amber 22–23; Roman
Empire 81– 82
Gibraltar, Straits of 65–66, 69
gift giving and exchange 1–2, 26, 48, 50,
68, 137; China 117, 131; Homeric
Greece 67; India 107; Mycenaeans
57 – 58; and political power 16–18,
81 – 82
glass and glassware 8, 47, 61; Alexandria
export 95; Greece import 68; India
import 106–7; inekku stones 55;
Mediterranean export 78, 100; Rhapta
import 103; Roman Empire export 81,
107, 115; Southeast Asia 111–12, 115
gold 8, 17; Arabia 100, 104; Axum export
100; Black Sea source 59, 71; China
import 122, 132, 136; East Africa source
103; Egypt 41–42, 45, 48; Funan
import 115; India 97; Old Assyrian-
Cappadocian system 30–32; Ophir source
49; Phoenician-Assyrian system 64;
Siberia source 126; Southeast Asia source
110 – 11, 113; Troy 59; Uluburun
shipwreck 55; West Africa source 139
grain 8, 69, 73, 103; Arabia 104; Black Sea
59, 71; Carthage 65; China 124, 128;
Egypt 42, 74; Greek colonies 68;
nomadic pastoralists 125; Roman Empire
76 – 77, 83; Sumer 25, 32, 35, 38; wheat
and barley 24
Great Wall of China 128
grave goods and tombs 7, 126, 134–35;
amber 21; European Iron Age 69; Greek
Dark Ages 67; lapis lazuli 37–38; Shang
burials 122; Southeast Asia 111;
weaponry 58
Greece and Greeks 20, 67; Classical period
72; Dark Ages 67; Egypt 50; Hellenistic
period 73–74; Homeric period 52, 61,
67; Indian Ocean 84, 89; Mycenaean
Period 21, 23, 49, 57–62, 67; olive oil
export 71–72, 74; Roman Empire 78;
Scythians 126; wine 95
Guardafui, Cape 46;see alsoPromontory of
Spices
Gujarat peninsula 85
Habuba Kabira 26, 43
Hallstatt culture 135
Han dynasty 11, 117–18, 123–24, 128,
130 – 33, 135
Hanno 66
Han ShuchronicleseeBan Gu
Han Wudi 124, 130– 35
Harappan civilization and Harappans
33 – 35, 39, 85, 86, 114; collapse of 36;
see alsoMelukha
Harkhuf 43– 44
Index 153