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Early global interconnectivity across the Indian Ocean world

Schottenhammer, Angela (ed.) - International Conference, Entitled "Crossroads between … - 2019

This volume investigates the emergence and spread of maritime commerce and interconnectivity across the Indian Ocean World-the world’s first “global economy”-from a longue durée perspective. Spanning from antiquity to the nineteenth century, these essays move beyond the usual focus on...

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Money changes everything : how finance made civilization possible ; with a new afterword by the author

Goetzmann, William N. - 2018

future. He shows how finance was present at key moments in history: driving the invention of writing in ancient Mesopotamia … Goetzmann considers the challenges we face in the future, such as how to use the power of finance to care for an aging and …

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A brief history of entrepreneurship : the pioneers, profiteers, and racketeers who shaped our world

Carlen, Joe - 2016

revolutionizing civilization. Entrepreneurs often butt up against processes, technologies, social conventions, and even laws. So they …-sailors intercontinental trade, which came to connect Africa, Asia, and Europe; Chinese tea traders' invention of paper money; the colonization … humanity to a multiplanetary future. By exploring all sides of this legacy, Carlen brings much-needed detail to the role of …

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Grand transitions : how the modern world was made

Smil, Vaclav - 2023

civilization - in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics - which have transformed the way we live. Now a fifth transition …

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Textile trades, consumer cultures, and the material worlds of the Indian ocean : an ocean of cloth

Machado, Pedro (ed.); Fee, Sarah (ed.); Campbell, Gwyn (ed.) - The Textile Trades of the Indian Ocean World … - 2018

This collection examines cloth as a material and consumer object from early periods to the twenty-first century, across multiple oceanic sites-from Zanzibar, Muscat and Kampala to Ajanta, Srivijaya and Osaka. It moves beyond usual focuses on a single fibre (such as cotton) or place (such as...