History of world trade in maps

Abstract

Ancient trade. Catalhöyük and Neolithic trade -- Trade in ancient Egypt -- Greek and Phoenician trade -- Trade in the ancient Near East -- Petra and the frankinscence route -- Roman trade -- The periplus and Rome's eastern trade -- Trade in late antiquity -- The amber road -- Medieval trade. Charlemagne and Carolingian trade -- Trade in the Islamic world -- Europe and the world in 1300 -- The Trans-Saharan gold trade -- The Silk Road -- Marco Polo and the Silk Road -- The rise of the maritime republics -- The Venetian trading empire -- Bruges and the cloth trade -- Plagues and pandemics -- The voyages of Zheng He -- Trade in the age of discovery. The joining of the world -- The Portuguese trading empire in Africa -- Circumnavigating the globe -- Ottoman trade in the 16th century -- Aztec trade -- The silver trade -- Pirates and privateers -- Newfoundland and the cod trade -- The Dutch and Manhattan -- The Hudson's Bay Company and the fur trade -- Trade and the birth of the United States -- South America and the Spanish -- The Portuguese and the spice trade -- The Dutch East India Company -- The Portuguese and the Japan trade -- Portugal's China trade -- Sweden, Russia and North European trade in the 16th century -- Trade, revolution and empire (c. 1700-1900). The British in India -- The slave trade -- The sugar trade -- The cotton trade -- The coffee trade -- The China tea trade and the clippers -- The age of steam -- World cities -- Imperialism and trade -- The Erie Canal -- The Suez Canal -- The Panama Canal -- The US Transcontinental Railroad -- The Trans-Siberian Railway -- The Cape to Cairo Railway -- The wool trade -- Refrigeration and the meat trade -- The coal trade -- Trade in the Industrial Age (1900-present). The second industrial revolution -- A smaller world -- Tariffs and trade -- The oil trade -- Electronics and the internet -- Banking and finance -- Tourism and trade -- Trade blocs -- Threats to world trade.