GEOG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Michael Peter Smith, Silk Road, Scandinavia
22 Sep 2018
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Check out website (map of ancient roman transport) Urban expansion, the spread of urbanization was in conjunction with trade. The role of trade in the stability of empires. All are accounts of the factors that are not driven by culture. The new world prior to major contact of europeans. What connecting all the people and places in this system. The hanseatic league - early modern trading network (germany denmark scandinavia)] A certain kind of city was created out this trade. Walls, canals, linear streets, organic streets, early modern urbanization. External affair and internal affairs, there are towns and cities set up around the fair system - formation of european urbanization. Each has its own distinct qualities - important trade centres (planned and organic) The trading system - an economy driven by merchants. Trade network of the silk road (ancient road that connected the system from europe and africa to asia) most silk,spices and textiles were transported.
