Power and plenty : trade war and the world economy in the second millennium Introduction : geographical and historical background The world economy at the turn of the first millennium World trade 1000 1500 : the economic consequences of Genghis Khan World Trade 1500 1650 : old world trade and new world silver World trade 1650 1780 : the age of mercantilism Trade and the industrial revolution World trade 1780 1914 : the great specialization World trade 1914 39 : deglobalization Reglobalization : the late twentieth century in historical perspective Globalization at the dawn of the twenty first century