Dhow cultures of the Indian Ocean: cosmopolitanism, commerce and Islam

1. Introduction

- 2. The sea

Part I. Regional partners. 3. The Swahili coast

- 4. The intermediate desert zone

- 5. The western Indian seaboard

Part II. Navigation. 6. The Dhow

- 7. Navigational methods in the western Indian Ocean

Part III. Dialogue across the ocean. 8. The dawn: the world of the Periplus

- 9. The Iranian interval

- 10. The era of Sindbad

- 11. Madagascar: people who have come from the sea

Part IV. The cultural world of the Indian Ocean. 12. Slave trade and slavery in the Indian Ocean: The Zanj rebellion

- 13. A Muslim lake

- 14. Cultural continuum: mobility across the Indian Ocean

- 15. Mare liberum and its antithesis.