Written for high school or beginning undergraduate students, this four-volume reference valiantly attempts to provide a historical framework for the perhaps overly broad concept of world trade. Entry topics were selected on trade organizations, influential people, commodities, events that affected trade, trade routes, navigation, religion, communic

Northrup, Cynthia Clark; Bentley, Jerry H.; Eckes, Jr, Alfred E.; Manning, Patrick; Pomeranz, Kenneth; Topik, Steven

A: ; Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1258); Advertising; Aegean Sea; Africa; Agora; Agriculture; Aircraft; Alexander the Great (356-323 b.c.e. ); Alexandria; Alphabet, Aramaic; Alphabet, Cyrillic; Alphabet, Greek; Alphabet, Latin; Alphabet, Phoenician; Alsace and Lorraine; Amazon River; Amber; Amber Routes; American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations; American Revolution; Amsterdam; Anglo-Dutch Wars; Animals; Appian Way; Arabs; Archaeology; Argentina; Arkwright, Richard (1732-1792); Armenians; Art; Association of Southeast Asiannations; Assyrian Empire; Astrolabe; Aswan High Dam; Athens, Ancient; Atlantic Trade; Automobiles; Aviation; Aztecs; B: ; Babylonian Empire; Bantu Migrations; Bardi House of Banking; Baroque; Barter; Batavia (Jakarta); Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922); Berbers; Berenice; Bioterrorism; Blackdeath; Black Sea; Bolshevism; Bourgeoisie; Boxer Rebellion; Brazil; Bribery; British Commonwealth; British East India Company; British Empire; British-South American Trade Relations; Buddhism; Bugis; Bush, George Herbert Walker (1924-); Byzantin Eempire; C: ; Cacao; Calcutta; Calicut; Capitalism; Caravans; Caribbean; Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919); Carolingian Empire; Cartels; Cartography; Castles; Central Africa; China; Chinese Dynasties; Chinese-Japanese Trade; Chocolate; Cholera; Christianity; Cities; Climate; Clive, Robert (1725-1774); Coffee; Coinage; Cold War; Colonization; Columbian Exchange; Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506); Combination Acts; Comintern; Communication; Communism; Comparative Advantage; Compass; Competition; Computers; Confucius (551-479 b.c.e. ); Constantinople; Consumerism; Containment; Continental System; Cook, Captain James (1728-1779); Copper; Copyrights; Corn; Corn Laws; Corporations; Cotton; Cotton Gin; Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; Cowries; Crete; Crimean War (1854-1856); Crop Rotation; Cross-Staff; Crusades; Crystal Palace; Cuba; Cuneiform; Cyprus; D: ; Danube River; Dardanelles; Dark Ages; .../part contents