Violent piracy seems to have become a serious threat to Indian Ocean commerce only after

The first step in the Dutch East India Company’s effort to completely control trade was to monopolize

When the Portuguese arrived in East Africa around 1500, they

Lapita culture spread eastward from Melanesia into western Polynesia

In the late Ming dynasty, the Chinese again faced mounted enemies from the north in the

After the mid-sixteenth century, Spain’s transoceanic mail service was

Although Ming China was virtually self-sufficient, _________ was in short supply, especially after 1550.

Most silk spinning and weaving was done by

People living in _____________ pursued a gatherer-hunter lifestyle for much longer than others elsewhere in the Americas.

The Korean institution known as the Samsa was