num_pages: 176
description: Part of the Key Themes in World History series, Trade in World History illustrates the patterns and impact of trans-continental and trans-oceanic trade from antiquity to the present through its examination of four commodities-spices, salt, sugar, and silk-and their production and long-distance trade. Trade in World History is the story of how trade served as an engine of cultural contact and exchange around the world and helped usher in modern globalization.
language: English
title: Trading Tastes: Commodity and Cultural Exchange to 1750
titlecomplete: Trading Tastes: Commodity and Cultural Exchange to 1750
genres: Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 31
publisher: Pearson