This work is split up into four parts. These are 'Overviews', 'The Pacific as Linchpin of World Trade', 'Winners and Losers in the Global Silver Trade', and 'Birth of Globalization Debate: Ecological, Economic, Epidemiological, and Demographic Interactions'

A history of economic connections across the Asian landmass -- Asia divided : China and Central Asia during the Soviet era -- Five independent states : 1991-2013 -- The BRI : Central Asian case studies.