| Description |
xiii, 443 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Analysis |
Economic history - Medieval, 500-1500 |
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International trade - History |
| Notes |
"First published in 1989 ... First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1991"--T.p. verso. -Includes bibliographical rererences (p. [374]-427) and index. - Contents:Introduction : studying a system in formation -- The European subsystem: The cities of the Champagne fairs; Bruges and Ghent : commercial and industrial cities of Flanders; The merchant mariners of Genoa and Venice -- The mideast heartland: The Mongols and the northeast passage; Sinbad's way : Baghdad and the Persian Gulf; Cairo's monopoly under the slave sultinate -- Asia: The Indian subcontinent : on the way to everywhere; The strait and narrow; All the silks of China -- Conclusion : restructuring the thirteenth-century world system |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [374]-427) and index |
| Subject |
Cities and towns, Medieval.
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Civilization, Medieval.
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Economic history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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International trade -- History.
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| ISBN |
0195058860 |
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0195067746 (paperback) |
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