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> international trading culture. It kind of does, just that the people themselves aren't terribly mobile. Trade is goods and capital, not people.
by tomrod 4y ago
> international trading culture.
It kind of does, just that the people themselves aren't terribly mobile.
Trade is goods and capital, not people.
- graphe 4y agoIf the hangul emperor married a perisan princess and got Persian goods, it doesn't change the status or the lives of average people. On the Indian subcontinent traders had participation from all walks of life so I'd call it way more culturally international. I'd argue royalty getting preferential treatment isn't culturally relevant for a people.
- tomrod 4y agoThose would probably be thought of as gifts, rather than trade. We see even in neolithic times that people ranged far with trade goods and community, such as sites like Göbekli Tepe.