oh man the ancient world had SO MUCH more long-distance trade than the West is prepared to to think about we forget that the Dark Ages were exactly that. Europe's end of the global trade networks shut down, & to this day we still think of that shut-down state as "normal."https://twitter.com/IOnceAteALeaf/status/1031209548147843072 …
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These same trade networks also brought some Indian silver coins into these areas and items such as the Helgo Buddha, as well as silks etc:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/548953257046196224 …
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Anyway, these are just some examples :) Quite right to think of extent of trading networks in Antiquity, but we need not to underestimate early medieval and later ones too, which weren't just limited to a few high-status jewels etc :)
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I have never used this word on Twitter before, but I say it to you RE: refuting the "Dark Ages": slay.
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