How Trade Routes Really Work

READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL I-III https://linktr.ee/timhickson Thank you patrons — without you, I wouldn’t be able to do the work I do.   / hellofutureme   (come join the Discord/writing workshops!) FREE DISCORD   / discord   INSTAGRAM:   / tim_hickson_hfm   TWITTER   / timhickson1   A WIZARD DID IT MUG https://store.nebula.app/collections/... EMAIL hellofuturemeyt@gmail.com GOODREADS   / 18990222.timothy_hickson   SECOND CHANNEL https://tinyurl.com/ybhtz42g where I put extra notes for videos, vlogs, board game reviews, and other stuff from my life SOURCES The Maritime Silk Road: History of an Idea, Franck Bille, Sanjyot Mehendale, James W Lankton, Amsterdam University Press Strategic Crossings of the Amu Darya in the System of the Great Silk Road and their Geo-Economic Significance, Multidisciplinary Journal of Science and Technology V6 Shipping companies divert vessels around Cape of Good Hope after strikes on Iran, Reuters, Louise Rasmussen and Kanjyik Ghosh Trade and Political Fragmentation on the Silk Roads: The Economic Effects of Historical Exchange between China and the Muslim East, Lisa Blaydes, Christopher Paik, American Journal of Political Science, Vol00, N0 Thailand touts $31 billion 'Land Bridge' plan amid Hormuz crisis, courts Singapore, Reuters, Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um The erosion of colonial trade linkages after independence, Journal of International Economics, Keith Head, Thierry Mayer, John RiesVol 81 Suez canal: what the ‘ditch’ meant to the British empire in the 19th century, Finlay Macdonald, TheConversation Ways of Eating: Exploring Food Through History and Culture by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft and Merry I. White Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium by Kevin O'Rourke and Ronald Findlay The Box by Marc Levinson 0:00 Intro 1:50 Trade is about imbalance 3:00 Waterways are essential 5:30 Path of Least Resistance 9:40 Political fragmentation 13:50 Networks not Paths 20:30 Trade is not neutral 27:00 Lingua Franca 32:00 Summary POSTAL ADDRESS (if you’re kind enough to send me a letter or something!) Tim Hickson PO Box 69062 Lincoln, 7608 Canterbury, New Zealand Script by meeeeeeeee Video edited by Federica La Marca / Faith Lapine    / @rythulian   The artist that designed my display pic! https://serem01.deviantart.com/ The artist who design my cover photo: https://raidesart.deviantart.com/   / raidesart     / raidesart   Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Stay nerdy! Tim