Global Trade in the Premodern World : Thematic Approaches to Routes, Realms, and Networks (Paperback)

Note on Writing ? Edmond Smith

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Introduction: A Book of Routes and Realms

Trade in Global History

Scope and Structure

Chapter One: The Origins of Trade

Trade and Human Society

Long-Distance Trade in Prehistoric Eurasia

Case Study: The Incense Road

Case Study: The Amber Trails

Chapter Two: Trade Across the Steppe

Pastoralists, Nomads and Steppe Society

Forms of Exchange

Chapter Three: Controlling the Steppe Frontier

Strategies for Border Security

Crossing Borders

Case Study: China’s Border Markets

Chapter Four: Travel and Transport

Measuring and Mapping

Traversing the Land

Traversing the Seas

Chapter Five: Merchants and Networks

Making Trade Work

Routes and Systems

Case Study: The Trans-Saharan Route

Chapter Six: Commodities of the Premodern World

The Premodern Market Stall

Global Commodities in Primary Sources

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Bibliography

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Index