Achaemenid Persian Empire, 77

Act for the Encouragement of Learning etc., 294

advertising, precursor of, in ancient Greece, 93

Africa

Chinese view of, 111

colonialism and trade in, 162–163

early trade history in, 83–85

Portuguese exploration of, 147–149

salt as commodity in, 178–181

slave trade in, 226–227

agora (early shopping center), 93, 215

agriculture

civilization and, 20–21, 55–56

trade in Mexico and South America and, 119–128

Alaric the Goth, 210

Alberti, Leon Battista, 163

Albornoz, Bartolome de, 6

Alexander, VI (pope), 159–160, 270, 272–273

Alexander the Great, 20, 77, 80, 94, 96, 103, 191, 201, 233

Alexandria, 77, 91, 95, 97, 134, 147, 212

al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid, 38

alien residents, use in trade of, 96

American Revolution, 157–158 ...

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