Traditionally, two theories on the origin of money exist ... these shell beads were used to facilitate long-distance trade as well as everyday transactions. These beads had been in use for ...

Trade routes stitching places of production to places of commerce have popped up throughout ancient history. Scarce commodities, such as salt or spices, that were only available in certain ...

The Aztecs were highly advanced in agriculture and trade, largely thanks to an elite group of long-distance merchants and traders called the Pochteca. They provided the Aztec capital and other ...

The ancient Romans relied on long-distance timber trading to construct ... Unfortunately, the timber trade in ancient Rome is poorly understood, as little wood has been found in a state adequate ...

The silver used to make an ancient Egyptian queen's bracelets came from Greece, a new analysis finds, offering insight into the Old Kingdom's trade networks ... evidence of long-distance exchange ...

The empirical analysis presented in this paper also confirms that the level of income in both origin and destination countries has a positive impact on trade, while the greater the distance between ...