Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present

Abbasid Caliphate (750 – 1258)

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Aegean Sea

Africa

Agora

Agriculture

Aircraft

Alexander the Great (356–323 b.c.e.)

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 (1732–1792)

Armenians

Art

Association of Southeast Asiannations

Assyrian Empire

Astrolabe

Aswan High Dam

Athens, Ancient

Atlantic Trade

Automobiles

Aviation

Aztecs

Babylonian Empire

Bantu Migrations

Bardi House of Banking

Baroque

Barter

Batavia (Jakarta)

Bell, Alexander Graham (1847–1922)

Berbers

Berenice

Bioterrorism

Blackdeath

Black Sea

Bolshevism

Bourgeoisie

Boxer Rebellion

Brazil

Bribery

British Commonwealth

British East India Company

British Empire

British–South American Trade Relations

Buddhism

Bugis

Bush, George Herbert Walker (1924–)

Byzantin Eempire

Cacao

Calcutta

Calicut

Capitalism

Caravans

Caribbean

Carnegie, Andrew (1835–1919)

Carolingian Empire

Cartels

Cartography

Castles

Central Africa

China

Chinese Dynasties

Chinese-Japanese Trade

Chocolate

Cholera

Christianity

Cities

Climate

Clive, Robert (1725–1774)

Coffee

Coinage

Cold War

Colonization

Columbian Exchange

Columbus, Christopher (1451–1506)

Combination Acts

Comintern

Communication

Communism

Comparative Advantage

Compass

Competition

Computers

Confucius (551–479 b.c.e.)

Constantinople

Consumerism

Containment

Continental System

Cook, Captain James (1728–1779)

Copper

Copyrights

Corn

Corn Laws

Corporations

Cotton

Cotton Gin

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

Cowries

Crete

Crimean War (1854–1856)

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

Donkey

Drake, Sir Francis (1540–1596)

Drugs

Dutch

Dyula

East Asia

Economic Consequences of the Peace, the (1919)

Economics, Classical

Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931)

Egypt

Egypt, Ancient

Electricity

Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

Embargoes

Empire Building

Energy

Engels, Friedrich (1820–1895)

England's Treasure by Foreign Trade

Entertainment

Etruscans

European-African Trade

European-Asian Trade

European Trade, Intracontinental

European Union

Exchange Rates

Exploration and Trade

Extraterritoriality

Fairs, International Trade

Fertilizer

Festivals and Fairs, Medieval

Feudalism

Financial Institutions

Flax

Florence (Firenze)

Food and Diet

Ford Motor Company

Foreign Aid

Frankincense and Myrrh

Franklin, Benjamin (1706–1790)

Frederick II (1712–1786)

Free Trade

Freemasonry

French Empire

French Revolution

Fruits

Fugger Family

Fur

Gandhi, Mohandas (1869–1948)

Garamantian Empire

Gemstones

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

General Electric Company

General theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, The

Genoa

German Empires

Ghana

Ghaznavids

Glass

Globalization

Gold

Gold Standard

Goths

Grain

Great Depression

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Greek City-States

Guangzhou (Canton)

Guano

Gunpowder

Haiti

Hakluyt, Richard (1552–1616)

Hamburg, Germany

Hanseatic League

Hapsburgs

Harbors

Hargreaves, James (1720–1777)

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Heckscher, Elifilip (1879–1952)

Hellenistic Architecture

Hemp

Henry the Navigator (1394–1460)

Hinduism

Hittite Empire

Hohenstaufen Empire

Hollywood

Hong Kong

Hundred Years' War

Illegal Trade

Immigration

Imperialism

Incas

Indentured Servants

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 (1451–1504)

Islam

Ivory

Ivory Coast of Africa

Jade

Jews

Joint-Stock Companies

Judaism

Jute

Keynes, John Maynard

Khan, Genghis (1162–1229)

Khazar Empire

Kilwa

Kipling, Rudyard (1865–1936)

Knights Templars

Kush (Cush)

Labor

Laissez-Faire

Law

Leather

Linear B Script

Linen

List, Georg Friedrich (1789–1846)

Livestock

Luddites

Madras

Magellan, Ferdinand (1480–1521)

Mali

Malthus, Thomas Robert (1766–1834)

Manchu Dynasty

Manila

Manila Galleons

Market Revolution

Marketplaces

Marshall Plan

Marx, Karl (1818–1883)

Mayan Civilization

Media

Medici Family

Medicine

Mediterranean Sea

Melaka

Mercantilism

Merchant Guilds

Mesopotamian Architecture

Mesopotamiant Rade

Middle Ages

Migration, Human

Milan

Mill, John Stuart (1806–1873)

Ming Dynasty

Minoan Civilization

Missionaries

Mogadishu

Molasses

Money

Mongol Invasions

Monuments

Mughal Empire

Multinational Enterprise

Mycenae

Napoleonic Wars

Navigation

Navigation Laws

Netherlands

New Imperialism

Nile River

Nineveh

Nomads

Nontariff 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 (1315–1340)

Pepper

Perfume

Persian Gulf

Peter the Great (1672–1725)

Petra

Phoenicia

Pilgrimages

Piracy

Pochteca

Polo, Marco (1254–1324)

Pony Express

Population

Portugal

Potatoes

Pottery

Printing Press

Protestantism

Punic Wars

Quadrant

Qing Dynasty

Radanites

Rae, John (1796–1872)

Ragusa, Republic of (Dubrovnik)

Railroads

Reciprocity

Redistribution

Reformation

Religion

Renaissance

Revolutions

Ricardo, David (1772–1823)

Rice

Roman Catholic Church

Roman Empire

Roman Empire, Fall of

Rothschilds

Royal Niger Company

Rum

Russian Revolution

Saharan and Trans-Saharan Trade

Salt

Sculpture

Service Sector

Seven Years' War

Shanghai

Ships

Shipwrecks

Sicily

Silk

Silk Road

Silver

Singer, Isaac (1811–1875)

Slavery

Slaves, Plantation

Smith, Adam (1723–1790)

Socialism

Songhay 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

Sugar

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 and Trade

Triangle Trade

Tunisia

U.S. - Japanese Trade Relations

United Nations

United States

Venice

Vikings

Volga Bulgaria

War of 1812

Warfare

Wars for Empire

Water

Wealth

Weapons

Weights and Measures

West Africa

Whales

Whitney, Eli (1765 – 1825)

Wine

Women

Wood

Wool

World Bank

World Trade Organization

World War I

World War II