Bridging World History

Name: Early Economies
Released: 2004-02-20
Duration: 28 min

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Episode 8: Early Economies

February 20, 2004 • 28 min

How do societies assign value to land, labor, and material goods? A comparison of manorial economies in Japan and medieval Europe is contrasted with the tribute economy of the Inka, and the experience of dramatic economic change is illustrated by the commercial revolution in China.

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