commerce
16 subentries
- commerce. See also industry; private property
- active in Mediterranean in 2500 B.C. (80:9.9)
- appeared ca. 8000 B.C. with appearance of traders (79:1.3-4)
- barter followed seizure by raids (69:4.1)
- beginnings (69:4sec)
- between China and Mesopotamia (79:7.6)
- early maritime commerce on Mediterranean (80:1.1)
- early Nordics traded in amber (80:9.4)
- first trading was woman exchange (69:5.10)
- international c. contributes to peace, brotherhood (52:6.3) (70:3.4) (81:6.19)
- Jesus’ advice to rich man on wealth derived from (132:5.5,17)
- Jesus never meddled with others’ temporal business (165:4.1,4)
- led to exploration and discovery (69:4.8)
- maritime trade of India, Sumeria among earliest (79:3.6-7)
- most potent influence in spread of civilization (69:4.8) (79:3.8) (81:3sec)
- trade, manufacturing, and banking taught by Prince’s staff (66:5.11-12)
- women were first traders (69:3.11)
Cross-references
- See also industry
- See also private property
Cited alongside
Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.
- Mesopotamia 33
- Dravidians 5
- India 62
- boats 20
- Deccan 5
- drought 6
- Egypt 36
- envy 11