HIS101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indian Ocean Trade
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History of area that is bigger than city/state. Historiography = the study of history, how we understand the past, how history is written. Ex of a historiographical question how did the independence movement in india shape interpretations of the first archaeological excavations o the remains of ancient cities in the indus valley during the. Focus on how others have studied the past. Designation of civilization can be problematic certain connotations, doesn"t necessarily mean progress. Problem of history only through written sources. Indian ocean: wind currents shifted depending on the season, easy to sail back and forth, axsum indian ocean trade port. Agricultural society, imperial civilization (king with subordinates)