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An Economic History of the World Since 1400 S1 Ep2: Marco Polo, China, and the Silk Road TradeExamining the state of the global economy circa 1400, when Europe was at the bottom of the economic success ladder; the broad economic outlines of China, India, and the Islamic world; how Europe laid groundwork for the new capitalist world system.

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