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[SunkenCiv]

See also the topic on Tamil trade.

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[CholeraJoe]

Hmmm. Without the Suez canal, the Romans would have to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, probably in December or January. (Mid summer in the southern hemisphere)

[SunkenCiv]

Tamil Trade
INTAMM | 1997 | Xavier S. Thani Nayagam
Posted on 09/11/2004 11:07:01 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1213591/posts

The Voyage around the Erythraean Sea
Silk Road | 2004 | William H. Schoff
Posted on 09/12/2004 10:55:44 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1214273/posts

Quality of Life in the Desert? High Living in Rome's Distant Quarries
Univ of Leicester | September 9, 2002 | Dr Marijke van der Veen
Posted on 11/26/2004 9:09:01 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1289111/posts

[JimSEA]

Recently, shipwrecks near Nakhon Si Thammarat have yielded Roman coins of about this era along with Chinese porcelain. Earlier Roman coins have been found near Nakhon Prathom. It seems there was strong trade predating Islam's dominance in the areas of modern Malaysia and Indonesia.

[SunkenCiv]

Archipelago-Subcontinent Ties Ancient
Jakarta Post | 9-26-2005 | Rita A. Widiadana
Posted on 09/26/2005 2:16:39 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491582/posts