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The Monsoon Marketplace: How the Romans Opened the Indian Ocean
Long before Vasco da Gama, a Greek merchant named Hippalos figured out how to ride the monsoon winds across the open Indian Ocean, slashing travel time to India from years to weeks. In this episode, we trace how that discovery launched a direct maritime trade route between Roman Egypt and the Tamil kingdoms of southern India. We meet the merchants of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, uncover the cargo of the Muziris papyrus—a loan agreement for a shipload of pepper, ivory, and pearls—and explore the ruins of Arikamedu, a Tamil port where Roman pottery and wine amphorae have been found. We…
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