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The oldest human technology: turning what you have into what you want without violence.
older than moneyBarter predates coins by tens of thousands of years
silk roadA 4,000-mile network moving silk, ideas, and plagues
comparative advantageEven worse-at-everything nations still profit by specializing
spice warsNutmeg once sparked colonial empires and bloody monopolies
trade windsNamed for ships, not commerce — old meaning was course