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EMENA, not global.

• adrianN 10y ago
  When were the trade lines to China established? Skimming of the Wikipedia article about the silk road suggests that its precursors are from around that time.
  • ucaetano 10y ago
    There were regional networks, where one item would be passed forward and forward, ending far away from its origin. Only with the development of the silk road people would actually start thinking "I'll ship this half way across the globe".