A sweeping narrative history of world trade--from Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C. to the firestorm over globalization today--that brilliantly explores trade's colorful and contentious past and provides new insights into its future Adam Smith wrote that man has an intrinsic "propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another." But how did trade evolve to the point where we don't think twice about biting into an apple from the other side of the world?
Everybody loves a Beatles tune, and you'll find it hard to resist singing along with the chorus (as well as your own kids) to "Octopus's Garden" and "Yellow Submarine." With grown-up friends like Marshall Crenshaw, Matthew Sweet, and the Bangles on board, a splendid time is guaranteed for all!
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The Byzantine army of the 10th and early 11th centuries, at the height of its power and efficiency, was the best organised, best trained, best equipped and highest paid in the known world.
This splendid book by Ian Heath examines the Byzantine Armies from 886 - 1118.
