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World Trade, by century? Paging history buffs.

Posted on 1/24/19 at 12:56 pm
Posted by Speedkidney
new orleans
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 1/24/19 at 12:56 pm
I'm trying to put together a list of the largest trade commodity, by value, per century. My guesses are below. And yes, I know they have a western bias.

1st century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
2nd century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
3rd century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
4th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
5th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
6th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
7th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, lumber
8th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, lumber
9th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, lumber
10th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
11th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
12th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
13th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
14th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
15th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
16th century - spices from the orient, slaves, silk
17th century - spices from the orient, slaves, sugar, tulips, tobacco,
18th century - slaves, sugar, tobacco, tea, opium
19th century - tea, sugar, tobacco, cotton, metals, opium
20th century - oil, metals, cocaine, coffee
21st century - oil,
22nd century - bots,

Any input is appreciated.

I'll update this list as people reply.
This post was edited on 1/26/19 at 11:46 pm
Posted by DustyDinkleman
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Posted on 1/24/19 at 12:57 pm to
Is anyone really surprised by this?
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39187 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 12:58 pm to
Sugar and tobacco were really big in the 17th-19th centuries. Cotton was pretty big in the 19th century.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101919 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 1:00 pm to
Might see gold up there in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Posted by AA77
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 1/24/19 at 1:01 pm to
Silk would be up there for a lot this timeline.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
35012 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 1:02 pm to
Ivory, metals, spices should be added in the early centuries

Salt, for instance was a huge trade commodity.
This post was edited on 1/24/19 at 1:04 pm
Posted by Speedkidney
new orleans
Member since Aug 2014
75 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 1:02 pm to
quote:

Might see gold up there in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.


I considered putting gold and silver from the Spanish new world, but I'm thinking of commodities in a stricter definition.
Posted by JonTigerFan11
Member since May 2016
867 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 1:02 pm to
22nd Century- sex bots
Posted by FearTheFish
Member since Dec 2007
3758 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 1:03 pm to
Millennials aren't trading the Bitcoins any more? I thought that was supposed to be the future.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101919 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 1:03 pm to
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22nd century - ?


Personal information.
Posted by thotpocket
Dana Point, CA
Member since Sep 2017
2600 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 1:05 pm to
Pokémon cards in the 20th century
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
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59491 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 1:20 pm to
20th century - Cocaine/opium
This post was edited on 1/24/19 at 1:21 pm
Posted by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
29451 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 1:39 pm to
Why is the world's oldest profession not on this list?

Pussy has been traded for food and shiny things since the world began.
This post was edited on 1/24/19 at 1:43 pm
Posted by Radiojones
The Twilight Zone
Member since Feb 2007
10728 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 3:01 pm to
Slaves might make the list in the 17th and 18th century.
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
8631 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 3:09 pm to
First millennia you're going to have to include wheat as part of the Roman Empire feed the masses. Then lumber as the 'civilized' parts lost their forests. (Have you read Braundel's Mediterranean books?)

What were the Chinese trading? They did have a system of commerce keeping their royalty at the top. Likewise India.

:And if you were just talking western hemisphere, wouldn't the Indians enslavement of other tribes count?
Posted by Jimmydatiger
North Endzone
Member since Dec 2011
369 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 4:06 pm to
Lumbar? You mean like wood?

Coffee not on your list. 2nd most valuable commodity behind crude oil for most of the 20th century. Also you left off tulips #1 in the 17th century. Didn't you guys take Econ 0002 at LSU in the Ceba building???
This post was edited on 1/24/19 at 4:15 pm
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
25455 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 4:09 pm to
quote:

1st century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumbar
2nd century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumbar
3rd century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumbar
4th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumbar
5th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumbar
6th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumbar


That's a whole lot of lower spine trading
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
113941 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 4:14 pm to
quote:

Why is the world's oldest profession not on this list?



Priest?
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
8631 posts
Posted on 1/24/19 at 5:20 pm to
LINK
A soon to open exhibit in Chicago covers trade in Africa in the mid 1300s and the ruler in Malli who took an entourage of several thousand, 12,000 slaves, several tons of gold to Mecca and that gold depressed the gold market for years to come.

Posted by Speedkidney
new orleans
Member since Aug 2014
75 posts
Posted on 1/26/19 at 11:44 pm to
quote:

Why is the world's oldest profession not on this list? 


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