Crossing the Bay of Bengal - Sunil Amrith

The Indian Ocean was global long before the Atlantic, and the Bay of Bengal served for centuries as a maritime highway between India and China and as a battleground for European empires, all while being shaped by monsoons and human migration. Today, the countries bordering the Bay of Bengal-India, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia-are home to one in four people on Earth. In Crossing the Bay of Bengal, Sunil Amrith places this region at the heart of world history for the first time. Integrating human and environmental history, and mining a wealth of sources, Amrith gives a revelatory and stirring new account of the Bay and those who have inhabited it, while offering insights into the many challenges facing Asia in the decades ahead.
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