Indian Ocean World MCRI

Indian Ocean World MCRI

Indian Ocean World MCRI – (Major Collaborative Research Project)

2010-2017

This project investigates the rise and development of the world’s first “global economy” in the context of human-environment interaction from early times to the present day.

The region under study is the Indian Ocean world (IOW), an arena of primary geo-political importance that includes eastern Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and emerging superpowers China and India. Human-environment interaction is a central theme. Rejecting environmental determinism, the project highlights the impact upon human life of natural factors such as the monsoons, the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), cyclones and volcanic eruptions, and human agency in responding to and reshaping the IOW environment and economy.

 

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