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Development in economy, emergence of cities and early civilizations
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Caravans traveled along the Mesopotamia and the Levant. As time passed, they expand their route trades to Asia and Europe
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From China to India, to Mesopotamia, Greece ,Rome, Egypt, part of Africa, and Great Britain. Trade between China and the west was firmly established and silk was the most demand product
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A considerable amount of travelers or negotiators have already know how to get to one place to another. They follow the routes that allow them to mobilize from one region to other "exporting" and "importing" products that they will not find in their home countries.
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European imports of spices were replaced by imports of exotic medicines developed by Arab pharmacologies. Silk, continue to flow into northwest Europe
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Increased in commodities, gold and silver for the Europeans. Its was the discover of a new raw market, diferent than the usual production from Europe, Asia and India. Specifically the development in sea commerce communication and trading instead of just doing it by land
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New commercial opportunities led to a new balance of power between the nobility, merchants, and the crown
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Second half of the nineteen century to World War I. Where the share of trade income was 2% with an increasing in 1913 and 1992, where exceed the 5%
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Long distance trade affected economic development and economic development affected trade. Now the trades are not only with those countries with access to the Atlantic Ocean
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David Ricardo theory. Trade flows by differences in factor endowments in between the countries. Feel freely to move inside your country but not in others. The conflict of interests do not make desirable the idea to open markets
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The new trade models emphasize economies of scale and monopolistic competition, as a way to explain patterns of international speacialization
