This book examines the period before European powers established global political and economic dominance. It challenges the conventional view that this period represented a decline or that Europe was always destined to become dominant. Instead, the book shows that different regions actively traded with each other and developed sophisticated political and economic systems prior to the rise of the West.
Original Description:
commercial and Industrial cities of Flanders in western Belgium between 10 and 13th century
This book examines the period before European powers established global political and economic dominance. It challenges the conventional view that this period represented a decline or that Europe was always destined to become dominant. Instead, the book shows that different regions actively traded with each other and developed sophisticated political and economic systems prior to the rise of the West.
This book examines the period before European powers established global political and economic dominance. It challenges the conventional view that this period represented a decline or that Europe was always destined to become dominant. Instead, the book shows that different regions actively traded with each other and developed sophisticated political and economic systems prior to the rise of the West.