| Description |
xiii, 443 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"First published in 1989 ... First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1991"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical rererences (pages 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. |
| Subject |
Economic history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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International trade -- History.
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International trade. |
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History. |
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Cities and towns, Medieval.
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Cities and towns, Medieval. |
| Added Title |
World system A.D. 1250-1350 |
| ISBN |
0195067746 paperback |
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0195058860 alkaline paper |
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