A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
by William J. Bernstein · 5 May 2009 · 565pp · 164,405 words
, around 1500 BC, would humans begin to exploit the camel's ability to carry hundreds of pounds of cargo across otherwise impenetrable territory. Without the domestication of the camel, the trans-Asian silk and trans-Arabian incense routes would have been impossible. It is a little-known fact that the progenitors of the modern
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many interwoven narratives will supersede the flow of mere dates and events. For example, two closely related stories, the south Arabian incense trade and the domestication of the camel, both span thousands of years. At the other extreme, the memoirs of medieval travelers who left us extensive and intact records of their journeys-Marco
The Ages of Globalization
by Jeffrey D. Sachs · 2 Jun 2020
Lucky Latitudes Some Lessons from the Neolithic Age 4 The Equestrian Age (3000–1000 BCE) Animal Domestication Domestication of the Donkey and the Horse The Domestication of the Camel and Camelids The Metal Ages Comparing Old World and New World Developments The Yamnaya Breakthrough in Eurasia The Early Equestrian States Key Development Breakthroughs in
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animal, able to pull wheeled vehicles. It has endurance, intelligence, and great speed. In short, it has played a decisive role in economic development. The Domestication of the Camel and Camelids Species of the camel family (Camelidae) have also played an important role in the more extreme climates of deserts and high plateaus. In
Salt: A World History
by Mark Kurlansky · 28 Jan 2003 · 401pp · 122,457 words
3000 B.C. , relatively late in the history of animal domestication, camels were domesticated in the Middle East. The wild species has vanished. Between the domestication of the camel and its use in the Sahara, several millennia passed. But once the domestic camel made its Sahara debut, its use spread quickly. By the Middle
Arabs: A 3,000 Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires
by Tim Mackintosh-Smith · 2 Mar 2019
Medina. Announced in 1900 and finished in 1908, it was the first improvement in Arabian overland travel since the Queen of Sheba; indeed, since the domestication of the camel. From pack-camel to pilgrim express had taken three millennia; the Hijaz Railway would run for less than nine years. As the Great War ground
The Story of Work: A New History of Humankind
by Jan Lucassen · 26 Jul 2021 · 869pp · 239,167 words
consequence of the desiccation of the ‘Saharo-Arabian belt’ that began about 2500 BCE, some pastoralists became nomads, which was also made possible with the domestication of the camel in roughly 1500 BCE. The animal (including ‘milch camels’) was mentioned as being among the stock of the biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. These
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
by David Abulafia · 2 Oct 2019 · 1,993pp · 478,072 words
by river and land, and one could reach Arabia by following the coast of western Arabia overland. This traffic was rendered much easier by the domestication of the camel, whose date is disputed but may have been achieved, at least in parts of Arabia, by 1000 BC .37 Competition between land and sea routes
The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization
by Richard Baldwin · 14 Nov 2016 · 606pp · 87,358 words
it is conceived of today—namely, made-here-sold-there goods moving among fixed regions—rose during this stage. The game-changing innovations were the domestication of the camel (around 1000 BCE), refinements of sailing technology, and advances in coastal navigation. Archaeological finds and literary sources shine some light on which goods were traded