Before the age of Industrial Revolution, the great Asian civilisations - whether located in the Middle East, India, South-East Asia, or the Far East - constituted areas not only of high culture but also of advanced Economic development.
It also looks at the natural compl.
This 1985 book examines one of the driving forces of that historical period: the long chain of oceanic Trade which stretched from the South China Sea to the eastern Mediterranean.
They were the First World of human societies.
Before the age of Industrial Revolution, the great Asian civilisations - whether located in the Middle East, India, South-East Asia, or the Far East - constituted areas not only of high culture but also of advanced Economic development