Trade in the year 1000.

U.S. News & World Report | August 16, 1999 | Copyright

Long before the Internet and E-commerce, humankind laid the ground work for a global economy. Overland by camel caravans or across the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean on their famous dhows, Islamic traders began to connect the "old world" through long-range commerce and exchange. Equally renowned for their nautical daring were the dreaded Vikings, whose ships brought Europeans to the shores of North America almost five centuries before the arrival of Columbus. And even the relatively insular Chinese took to the high seas around a thousand years ago, becoming vigorous ...

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