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The Monsoon Marketplace: Rhapta and East African Trade Networks
Long before the Silk Road dominated our imagination, the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean carried ships from Roman Egypt to the mysterious 'Land of Rhapta' on the East African coast. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the forgotten trade network that linked the Roman world, Arabia, and India with the city-states of Azania. They trace the journey of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea—a Greek merchant's guide to the Indian Ocean—and its description of Rhapta, a fabled marketplace where ivory, tortoiseshell, and cinnamon were exchanged for Roman glass and Indian cloth. The…
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