S1.E2 - Merchants, Markets, and Trade

Trade across three continents was not an easy task. In this episode we meet the merchants and markets who made goods move through the eyes of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta.

Episode Bibliography:

Oxford History of Medieval Europe by George Holmes
Re-Orient: Global Economy in the Asian Age by Andre Gunder-Frank
A History of Islamic Civilizations by Ira M. Lapidus
The Rihla by Ibn Battuta
The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo