Tag: india
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Ancient History vs Political Correctness
Has historical fashion diminished India’s role in shaping early history? Last week’s post posited that an invasion of Egypt by a military force from Mesopotamia’s Uruk city-state (in Sumer) was pivotal in forming Pharaonic Egypt, driven by trade demands between the Indus-Sarasvati region and Sumer. The notion of a Uruk invasion has sparked debate over the…
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The Ancient World’s First Maritime Trade Network
Today’s commercial shipping networks are many and complex and have evolved over centuries. In the last 50 years they have exploded in volume and extent, shifting eastwards at considerable pace. But what was the world’s first sustained shipping network? Economic Powerhouse of the Ancient World It was undoubtedly the one emanating from northwest India’s Indus-Sarasvati…
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Cataclysms of Antiquity: Unraveling the Black Swan Events of Ancient History
The notion of a “black swan” popularised by philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb, describes rare, unpredictable events with profound and often catastrophic consequences. In the annals of ancient history, such events—cataclysmic floods, cosmic impacts, and vanishing rivers—may have reshaped human civilisation in ways we are only beginning to comprehend. Younger Dryas: A Cosmic Catastrophe? The Younger…
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Why Maritime Societies Drove (and Drive) Innovation
My career in maritime trade in London, Tokyo, Singapore and Dubai showed me how pro-active ports are crucibles of innovation. I explore this in a 3-book series, How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World- Ice Age to mid-8th century, The Millennium Maritime Trade Revolution 700-1700- How Asia Lost Maritime Supremacy and The…
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Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent’s pivotal role in early world history
For nearly four decades I worked in the maritime trade world, in London, Tokyo, Singapore and Dubai. This practical knowledge and my history degree inspired my three-volume series on how maritime trade drove world history. The first is How Maritime Trade and the Indian Subcontinent Shaped the World. Ice Age to Mid 8th Century, in…
Nick Collins 