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![Trade in Ancient Greece](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/68.png?v=1719831005)
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Trade in Ancient Greece
Trade was a fundamental aspect of the ancient Greek world and following territorial expansion, an increase in population movements, and innovations in transport, goods could be bought, sold, and exchanged in one part of the Mediterranean...
![The Spice Trade & the Age of Exploration](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14186.png?v=1712787003)
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The Spice Trade & the Age of Exploration
One of the major motivating factors in the European Age of Exploration was the search for direct access to the highly lucrative Eastern spice trade. In the 15th century, spices came to Europe via the Middle East land and sea routes, and spices...
![Trade Unions in the British Industrial Revolution](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17249.jpeg?v=1681228029)
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Trade Unions in the British Industrial Revolution
Trade unions were formed in Britain during the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840) to protect workers from unnecessary risks using dangerous machines, unhealthy working conditions, and excessive hours of work. The trade union movement was vigorously...
![Trade in the Byzantine Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7956.jpg?v=1677719283)
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Trade in the Byzantine Empire
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...
![Trade in the Ancient World](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5525.jpg?v=1669374363)
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Trade in the Ancient World
Trade has been going on for as long as humans have needed or wanted something that others had and they did not. Bartering for goods and trade in kind developed into more sophisticated forms of exchanges using commonly agreed commodity currencies...
![The Salt Trade of Ancient West Africa](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10161.jpg?v=1695109263)
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The Salt Trade of Ancient West Africa
Salt from the Sahara desert was one of the major trade goods of ancient West Africa where very little naturally occurring deposits of the mineral could be found. Transported via camel caravans and by boat along such rivers as the Niger and...
![Eyes on the East: Chronicles of the Indian Ocean Spice Trade](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9465.jpg?v=1713959102)
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Eyes on the East: Chronicles of the Indian Ocean Spice Trade
As the 15th century ended, Europeans were still mostly in the dark about the Eastern world. Early travelers like Marco Polo had given the West tidbits of information, but these accounts were too highly colored and fragmentary to provide a...
![Trade & Warfare in the Kievan Rus](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15589.jpg?v=1717544469)
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Trade & Warfare in the Kievan Rus
Scandinavians from the island of Gotland began to spread throughout the Baltic region along the Russian rivers in the 700s. While the Vikings of Norway and Denmark from the 8th to 11th centuries are widely recognized as fearsome raiders and...
![Trade in the Roman Empire - Web Quest & Map Skills](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5954.jpg?v=1715869742)
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Trade in the Roman Empire - Web Quest & Map Skills
This activity has been designed to fit a 20-30-minute slot for your class and is suitable for both online and classroom teaching. Students have to do a web quest in order to complete a map. It is part of our Roman Economy and...
![The Eastern Trade Network of Ancient Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7591.jpg?v=1700822289)
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The Eastern Trade Network of Ancient Rome
The life of wealthy Romans was filled with exotic luxuries such as cinnamon, myrrh, pepper, or silk acquired through long-distance international trade. Goods from the Far East arrived in Rome through two corridors – the Red Sea and the Persian...