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Routledge - The Long Millennium - Global Histories Book

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Explore the hidden foundations of early global trade with The Long Millennium: Affluence, Architecture and Its Dark Matter Economy. Published by Routledge as part of the Global Histories Before Globalisation series, this work examines how the exchange of high-value luxury items shaped the world in the first millennium CE. Instead of focusing on standard commodities, this book looks at the movement of diamonds, gold, cinnamon, scented woods, ivory, and pearls. These items were easy to transport and required little overhead, yet they built the framework for what we now recognize as global trade. The author introduces the concept of a "dark matter economy" to explain these complex and often invisible economic relationships. Readers will find a detailed analysis of how these global flows first integrated within South India and Sri Lanka. This book offers a unique perspective on how architecture and affluence connected distant regions long before the modern era of globalization.

Key Features

Examines the role of luxury goods like gold, diamonds, and ivory in shaping early global trade networks.

Introduces the concept of a dark matter economy to describe invisible economic relationships in history.

Analyzes the first full integration of global flows within the regions of South India and Sri Lanka.

Part of the Global Histories Before Globalisation series by Routledge for academic and historical study.

Provides a new perspective on how easy-to-transport goods created foundational global economic structures.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
01 December 2023
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