Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present: From Ancient Times to the Present

by Pomeranz; Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9780765680587
• ISBN10: 0765680580
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Trade has defined relationships between cultures and countries from prehistoric times to the present. From the caravans of the ancient world, to the search for new trade routes during the age of discovery, to the development of interconnected markets and the global economy, trade has been a defining force in world history. This exhaustive four-volume set is the definitive reference on the history of trade in all time periods. It traces the historical and contemporary interaction of trade, commerce, and culture in fascinating detail. Encyclopedia of World Trade offers readers and researchers from high school level and above a complete and accurate account of the central role of commerce in world affairs. The set: --examines the exchange of commodities, cultures, practices, technologies, and ideas between civilizations and nations from ancient times to the present --covers topics as varied as trade routes and ports, markets and economic systems, trade goods and influences, and social and cultural issues --features more than 350 illustrations, including maps, a chronology of trade, numerous sidebars, and historical documents.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Abbasid Caliphate

Advertising

Aegean Sea

Africa

Agora

Agriculture

Aircraft

Alexander the Great

Alexandria

Alphabet, Aramaic

Alphabet, Cyrillic

Alphabet, Greek

Alphabet, Latin

Alphabet, Phoenician

Alsace and Lorraine

Amazon River

Amber

Amber Routes

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Revolution

Amsterdam

Anglo-Dutch Wars

Animals

Appian Way

Arabs

Archaeology

Argentina

Arkwright, Richard

Armenians

Art

Association of South East Asian Nations

Assyrian Empire

Astrolabe

Aswan High Dam

Athens, Ancient

Atlantic Trade

Automobiles

Aviation

Aztecs

Babylon Empire

Bantu Migrations

Bardi House of Banking

Baroque

Barter

Batavia (Jakarta)

Bell, Alexander Graham

Berbers

Berenice

Bio-Terrorism

Black Plague

Black Sea

Bolshevism

Bourgeoisie

Boxer Rebellion

Brazil

Bribery

British Commonwealth

British East India Company

British Empire

British-South American Relations

Buddhism

Bugis

Bush, George H.W.

Byzantine Empire

Cacao

Calcutta

Calicut

Capitalism

Caravans

Caribbean

Carnegie, Andrew

Carolingian Empire

Cartels

Cartography

Castles

Central Africa

China

Chinese Dynasties

Chinese-Japanese Trade

Chocolate

Cholera

Christianity

Cities

Climate

Clive, Robert

Coffee

Coinage

Cold War

Colonization

Columbian Exchange

Columbus, Christopher

Combination Acts

Comintern

Communication

Communism

Comparative Advantage

Compass

Competition

Computers

Confucius

Constantinople

Consumerism

Containment

Continental System

Cook, Captain James

Copper

Copyrights

Corn

Corn Laws

Corporations

Cotton

Cotton gin

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

Cowries

Crete

Crimean War

Crop rotation

Cross Staff

Crusades

Crystal Palace

Cuba

Cuneiform

Cyprus

Danube River

Dardanelles

Dark Ages

Delian League

Department Stores

Diamonds

Diasporas

Dirhams

Discovery and exploration

Disease

Disputes and Arbitration, International

Donkeys

Drake, Sir Francis

Drugs

Dutch

Dyula

East Asia

Eastman, Max

Economic Consequences of the Peace, The

Economics, classical

Edison, Thomas Alva

Egypt

Egypt, Ancient

Electricity

Elizabeth I

Embargoes

Empire Building

Energy

Engels, Friedrich

England's Treasure by Foreign Trade

Entertainment

Etruscans

European Trade, Intra-Continental

European Union

European-African Trade

European-Asian Trade

Exchange rates

Exploration

Extraterritoriality

Fairs, Trade

Fertilizer

Festivals

Feudalism

Financial Institutions

Flax

Florence

Food and Diets

Ford Motor Company

Foreign Aid

Frankincense and Myrrh

Franklin, Benjamin

Frederick II

Free Trade

Freemasonry

French Colonial Empire

French Revolution

Fruits

Fugger Family

Fur

Gandhi, Mohandas

Garamantian Empire

Gemstones

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

General Electric Company

General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

Genoa

German Empire

Ghana

Ghaznavids

Glass

Globalization

Gold

Gold Standard

Goths

Grain

Great Depression

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Greek City States

Guangzhow (Canton)

Guano

Gunpowder

Haiti

Hakluyt, Richard

Hamburg, Germany

Hanseatic League

Hapsburgs

Harbors

Hargreaves, James

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Heckscher, Eli Filip

Hellenistic architecture

Hemp

Henrty the Navigator

Hinduism

Hittite Empire

Hohenstaufen Empire

Hollywood

Hong Kong

Hundred Years' War

Illegal Trade

Immigration

Imperialism

Incas

Indentured Servants

India

Indian Ocean Trade

Indigo

Indus River

Industrial Revolution

Industrialism

Inflation

Insurance

Intellectual property

Internal Combustion Engine

International Monetary Fund

International Trade Commission

Internet

Iron

Iron Law of Wages

Irrigation

Isabella of Castile

Islam

Ivory

Ivory Coast of Africa

Jade

Jews

Joint-stock Companies

Judaism

Jute

Keynes, John Maynard

Khan, Genghis

Khazar Empire

Kilwa

Kipling, Rudyard

Knights Templars

Kush

Kuwait

Labor

Laissez-faire

Language (of trade)

Law

Leather

Linear B Script

Linen

List, Frederich

Livestock

Luddites

Madras

Magellan, Ferdinand

Mali

Malthus, Thomas Robert

Manchu Dynasty

Manila

Manila galleons

Market Revolution

Marketplaces

Marshall Plan

Marx, Karl

Mayan civilization

Media

Medici Family

Medicine

Mediterranean Sea

Melaka

Mercantilism

Merchant guilds

Mesopotamian architecture

Middle Ages

Migration, Human

Milan

Mill, John Stuart

Ming Dynasty

Minoan Civilization

Missionaries

Mogadishu

Molasses

Money

Mongol Invasions

Monuments

Mughal Empire

Multinational Enterprise

Museums

Mycenae

Napoleonic Wars

Navigation

Navigation laws

Netherlands

New Imperialism

Nile River

Nineveh

Nomads

Non-tariff barriers

North American Free Trade Agreement

Novgorod

Nuts

Oases

Oil

Olives

Open Door Notes

Opium

Ottomans

Panama Canal

Paper and Pulp

Patents

Pegolotti, Francesco Balducci

Pepper

Perfume

Persian Gulf

Peter the Great

Petra

Phoenicia

Pilgrimages

Piracy

Pochteca

Polo, Marco

Pony Express

Population

Portugal

Potatoes

Pottery

Printing Press

Protestanism

Punic Wars

Quadrant

Radanites

Rae, John

Ragusa, Republic of (Dubrovnik)

Railroads

Reciprocity

Redistribution

Reformation

Religion

Renaissance

Revolutions

Recardo, David

Rice

Roman Catholic Church

Roman Empire

Roman Empire, Fall of

Rothschilds

Royal Niger Company

Rum

Russian Revolution

Saharan Trade

Salt

Sculpture

Service sector

Seven Years' War

Shanghai

Ships

Shipwrecks

Sicily

Silk

Silk Road

Silver

Singer, Isaac

Slavery

Slaves, Plantation

Smith, Adam

Socialism

Songhai Empire

South Africa

South America

Southeast Asia

Soviet Union

Soviet Union-African Trade Relations

Soybeans

Spanish Empire

Spice Route

Spices

Srivijaya Empire

Steam Engine

Steamship

Steel

Suez Canal

Suger

Surat

Tally Sticks

Tariff barriers

Tariffs

Tea

Technology

Telegraph

Telephone

Terrorism

Teutonic Knights

Textiles

Timber/Sorochok

Tin

Tobacco

Tortoiseshell

Tourism

Trade Organizations

Trade Winds

Trademarks

Transaction costs

Transportation

Trans-Saharan Trade

Triangular Trade

Tunisia

U.S.-Japanese Trade Relations

United Nations (UN)

United States of America

Venice

Vikings

Volga Bulgaria

War of 1812

Warfare

Wars for Empire

Water

Wealth

Weapons

Weights and Measures

West Africa

Whales

Whitney, Eli

Wine

Women

Wood

Wool

World Bank

World Trade Organization

World War I

World War II

Documents

Chronology

Bibliography

Indexes

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