"The Origins of Globalization: For better or for worse, in recent times the rapid growth of international economic … or malignant effects differed by region; but the world economy as we now know it originated in these changes in the early … -- The "age of commerce" in Southeast Asia -- East Asia and the limits of globalization -- Europe and the spoils of …

capability of private networks of commanders, suppliers, merchants and financiers who managed the conduct of war on land and at …