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This book offers a comprehensive journey through the history of international trade, from humanity's earliest exchanges to the complex system of today's global economy. It reveals how commercial transactions shaped civilizations, drove innovations, fostered empires, and ultimately built the interconnected world we live in.
The work invites readers to explore ancient trade routes, discover the Temple of Solomon, the Templars, the Crusades, and colonial expansion, leading up to industrialization and modern digital commerce. Beyond a mere narrative of events, the book demonstrates how foreign trade has been a silent engine of civilizations, a link between diverse peoples, and one of the greatest forces of integration and dominance throughout history.
With critical analysis and accessible language, this book is ideal for students, investors, professionals, and anyone eager to understand the origins, impacts, and opportunities of international trade. Learn how the flow of goods, cultural exchanges, and networks of interest shaped the world we live in, and prepare to see the global economy from a new perspective.
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LawTable of contents
- Capa
- Folha de Rosto
- Página de Créditos
- SUMMARY
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 WHAT IS FOREIGN TRADE?
- 2 THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- 3 THE ORIGINS OF FOREIGN TRADE
- 4 THE ROLE OF FOREIGN TRADE IN THE CREATION OF MONEY
- 5 FOREIGN TRADE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS
- 6 FOREIGN TRADE IN THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD
- 7 FOREIGN TRADE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE
- 8 FOREIGN TRADE IN ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
- 9 FOREIGN TRADE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- 10 THE CRUSADES AND FOREIGN TRADE
- 11 FOREIGN TRADE AND THE TEMPLARS
- 12 FOREIGN TRADE DURING THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
- 13 FOREIGN TRADE IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAS
- 14 FOREIGN TRADE UNDER MERCANTILISM
- 15 FOREIGN TRADE DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- 16 FOREIGN TRADE IN THE 20TH CENTURY
- 17 INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
- 18 FOREIGN TRADE AND GLOBALIZATION
- 19 THE ROLE OF FOREIGN TRADE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
- AFTERWORD
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- REFERENCES
- GLOSSARY
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