Economies of the Edge: Frontier Zone Processes at Regional, Imperial, and Global Scales - 19-20-21/0
The conference aims to explore economic processes in ancient imperial frontier zones as part of a larger project of rethinking “Silk-Road” exchange. By taking an expansive view of economic activity, we hope to better understand how the development of frontier zones allowed for the articulation of global-scale networks and how those networks, in turn, shaped the development of inter-imperial regions. We also hope to identify appropriate parameters for integrating evidence from various scales, regions, and scholarly approaches, which will allow us to move from regional analyses to large-scale models of global exchange in the Afro-Eurasian world region.
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 19-20-21/09/2019
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: University of Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Sitta von Reden; Eli J.S. Weaverdyck; Lara Fabian; Lauren Morris; Mamta Dwivedi; Kathrin Leese-Messing.
INFO: web - basar.freiburg@gmail.com
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: gratis / free / gratuito
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
Thursday, 19th September
Introduction 13:00 – 13:30
Political Power and Economies I 13:30 – 15:00
Mark Altaweel Revolutionizing a World: From Small States to Universalism in the Pre-Islamic Near East
K. Rajan Emergence of Empires and Economies: Experiencing Early Historic south India
Coffee break 15:00 – 15:45
Political Power and Economies II 15:45 – 18:00
Maxim Korolkov The Southern Contact Zone, Empire Building, and Economic Change in the Eastern Zhou, Qin, and Han Eras (ca. 500 BCE – 300 CE)
Anthony Barbieri-Low Egyptian and Chinese Client-State Empires in the Levant and Central Asia
Shailendra Bhandare Money in Liminal Times: Coin Circulation at the End of the Indo-Greek Kingdom
Friday, 20th September
Nodes: Ports and Border Markets I 9:00 – 10:30
Miguel John Versluys Network Power? Object Flows and Innovation in Hellenistic Eurasia
Sören Stark Between Desert and Oasis: Border Markets and their Role in Economic Networks in Southwestern Central Asia
Coffee break 10:30 – 11:15
Nodes: Ports and Border Markets II 11:15 – 12:45
Stefan Hauser The Arsacid Center of Trade: Charax Spasinou, Capital of Mesene
Steven E. Sidebotham and Marianne Bergmann Sculptural Finds as a Reflection of the Cosmopolitan Life at Berenike: A Ptolemaic-Roman Port on the Red Sea Coast of Egypt
Lunch 12:45 – 14:00
Links: People in Motion I 14:00 – 15:30
Paul Kosmin Trading Values: The Southern Sea as Merchant Space
Federico de Romanis Translata Pecunia: The Use of Roman Coins on the Other Side of the Indian Ocean
Coffee break 15:30 – 16:15
Links: People in Motion II 16:15 – 17:45
Roberta Tomber Trade, Barter and Personal Possession: Interpreting Indian Ocean Ceramic Assemblages of the Early Roman Period
Eivind Heldaas Seland Water, Climate and Connectivity in the Roman-Period Syrian Desert
Saturday, 21st September
Centers and Peripheries I 9:00 – 10:30
Andrew Bauer (Re)placing the ‘Hinterland’: Perspectives on Empire and Indian Ocean Trade from the Early Historic Interior Deccan
Luca M. Olivieri Double-Crop Pocket Zones and Empires: The Case of Swat
Coffee break 10:30 – 11:15
Centers and Peripheries II 11:15 – 12:00
Rocco Palermo Challenging an Imperial Borderland: Landscape, Settlements, and Economy in Roman Period Mesopotamia
Inter-imperial Exchange I 12:00 – 12:45
Marek Olbrycht The Parthian Empire and the Long-Distance Trade in the Caspian Basin
Lunch 12:45 – 14:00
Inter-imperial Exchange II 14:00 – 15:30
Joe Cribb The Sino-Kharoshthi Coinage of Khotan: Cultural and Political Links between Gandhara and Xinjiang, First to Second Century CE
Armin Selbitschka Versus the Silk Trade Myth: The Movement of Luxury Goods in China and Chinese Central Asia (Third Century BCE to Third Century CE)
Discussion and volume planning 15:30 – 16:00