ENVIR ST 139 Lecture 1: 2nd Lecture, Notes (9/15/16)
15 Sep 2016
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Imagining the world as a system, a body. In the model, the world is seen as an industrial core. This core would be europe and north america. In this tradition, it"s possible to conceive the world in a flow chart, kind of a crazy thought. Access as a trade route for global economy. Economic trade has occurred for a very long time. Empire of alexander the great played a role. The silk road created a single economy. Greeks stuck around for hundreds of years as rulers and traders. Between greece and china, the process leads to a well-integrated. Not global in the modern sense, but still impressive today. Persian empire acted as a gatekeeper and made money off it. Very coordinated flow of goods and money, This economic pattern was stable for hundreds of years. Middle east had a lot of gold. Silk was the main commodity of trade.
