I'm glad you're not dissing the Middle Ages, but the Ancients had some amazing trading networks too. The Britons in Cornwall, Devon and Brittany traded tin wit

I'm glad you're not dissing the Middle Ages, but the Ancients had some amazing trading networks too. The Britons in Cornwall, Devon and Brittany traded tin with the rest of Europe as far back as 2150BC. Pytheas of Massalia travelled all the way Britain about 325 BC and wrote about the thriving trade. Update: also Bronze Age trading between the Scandinavians and Egyptians: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-egyptian-blue-glass-beads-reached-scandinavia https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-egyptian-blue-gl...