Welcome to A History of Capitalism, a narrative history podcast about how capitalism as we know it came to be. Tune in biweekly for an epic story spanning from the Black Death to Black Mondays and everything in between.
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Welcome to A History of Capitalism, a narrative history podcast about how capitalism as we know it came to be. Tune in biweekly for an epic story spanning from the Black Death to Black Mondays and everything in between.
Trade across three continents was not an easy task. In this episode we meet the merchants and markets who made goods move through the eyes of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta.
Episode Bibliography:
Oxford History of Medieval Europe by George Holmes Re-Orient: Global Economy in the Asian Age by Andre Gunder-Frank A History of Islamic Civilizations by Ira M. Lapidus The Rihla by Ibn Battuta The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo
A History of Capitalism
Welcome to A History of Capitalism, a narrative history podcast about how capitalism as we know it came to be. Tune in biweekly for an epic story spanning from the Black Death to Black Mondays and everything in between.
