Trade Winds: Did you mean...?

Mediterranean trade increased exponentially at the turn of the first millennium. During Rome's zenith, goods of all sorts began to move in all directions. As a common traveler aboard merchant ships, Paul traveled within such a milieu. Tracing...

The interior of the Tower of the Winds, also called Horologion of Androkinos, showing the central section of the floor of the monument. The holes were used for mounting the hydraulic mechanism which was installed inside the clocktower. The...

Trade and commerce were essential components of the success and expansion of the Byzantine Empire. Trade was carried out by ship over vast distances, although for safety, most sailing vessels were restricted to the better weather conditions...

The Etruscan civilization flourished in central Italy between the 8th and 3rd century BCE, and their prosperity was largely based on their exploitation of local mineral resources, both through manufactured goods and trade. The Etruscans exchanged...

West Africa was one of the world's greatest producers of gold in the Middle Ages. Trade in the metal went back to antiquity but when the camel caravans of the Sahara linked North Africa to the savannah interior, the trade really took off...

A statue of Ehecatl, the Mesoamerican god of the Winds. The eyes are of obsidian and he wears his typical beaked mask. Aztec, Late Postclassic period. (National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City)

The Tower of the Winds, also called Horologion of Androkinos, is an octagonal Pentelic marble clocktower located in the Roman Agora in Athens. The structure features a combination of sundials, a water clock and a wind vane. It dates back...

The Temple of the Winds, Tulum, Mexico, c. 1200 CE. Built to honor the Maya wind god and guide sailors to the city.

The Carthaginians, like their Phoenician forefathers, were highly successful traders who sailed the Mediterranean with their goods, and such was their success that Carthage became the richest city in the ancient world. Metals, foodstuffs...

Zephyrus was the god of the west wind and the messenger of spring in Greek mythology. He was known as one of the four Anemoi, or wind gods, each of whom represented a cardinal direction and, except for Eurus, a season. Zephyrus was often...