Trade

3 08, 2017

Venice – Early Medieval Italy

By |2018-04-16T10:32:29-07:00August 3rd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Venice – Early Medieval Italy

St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice, Italy (about 1100 AD) During the fall of the Roman Empire, in the 400s AD, people who lived along the north-east coast of Italy didn't feel safe. Central [...]

23 07, 2017

Medieval Islamic economy – The Silk Road

By |2017-07-23T16:24:26-07:00July 23rd, 2017|Economy, Islam|Comments Off on Medieval Islamic economy – The Silk Road

Turkomen on the Silk Road with camels Just like under Persian or Sassanian rule, the economy of West Asia during the Islamic period depended very heavily on trade. The Silk Road ran right across the Islamic Empire. It [...]

6 07, 2017

Ancient Corinth – Mycenaean and Archaic

By |2019-04-24T21:20:57-07:00July 6th, 2017|Government, Greeks, History|Comments Off on Ancient Corinth – Mycenaean and Archaic

Corinth, with the high city - Akrocorinth - in the background Where was ancient Corinth? Corinth was a town right where southern Greece and northern Greece come together. It was [...]

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