The idea of a Silk Road linking East and West was first dreamt up by a German geographer in the 19th century and has since become a popular way of thinking about early globalisation, evoking notions of caravans of yaks crossing the Himalayas or camels striding over the desert oases. But has the success of the idea of a Silk Road obscured the importance of sea routes and maritime trade? What better place than the Maldives to reassess the importance of the churning oceans?

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