A late 4th-century woman--born in Rome--buried in London wearing Chinese silk, with a pillow stuffed with Mediterranean bay leaves & a coffin scented with pistachio resin. A reminder of how global the premodern world was. #MedievalTwitterhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/archaeology-london-spitalfields-woman-mola-b1774473.html …
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Agreed, but I feel like the sign of powerful and sturdy trade networks has less to do with the distance goods can travel and more to do with the true access and spread those goods have. Like, the rich have always had the ability to import, it's part of their power set 1/
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But when chinese goods begin to start reaching the common folk, that's when you really have a robust trade network that has some staying power! Your market is no longer completely dependent on the few w/means & their fickle whims to keep it afloat, and 2/
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