Cowrie shells and cowrie money : a global history / Bin Yang.
"Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was gradually transformed into a form of m...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Series: | Routledge approaches to history ;
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Table of Contents:
- Global phenomenon, local varieties
- The Maldives: procurement and export
- India: in the beginning
- Southeast Asia: intra-Asian interactions
- Yunnan: an Indian influence in the Southeast Asian-Chinese world
- Why not in early China?
- Cowrie money in West Africa: connecting the worlds, old and new
- The Pacific Islands and North America: out of the Bengali system
- More than just money
- The cowrie money world.