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A Brief Economic History of Latin America.
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A Brief Economic History of Latin America The ¨rules¨ of international trade were written long ago, and although there are valuable lessons to be learned from the way that the Greeks and Romans established trade routes that took them halfway around the world, our modern concept of international commerce really began at the end middle ages. As shipbuilding and navigational technology improved it was only a question of time as to when the new European states would start to venture forth unto the world in search of riches. With the dawn of the ¨Age of Exploration¨ set in motion by Cristobal Colón's (aka Cristopher Columbus) landmark discovery of the Americas, the age of globalization began. All of the learning objectives in this first portion of the course are clearly illustrated in the way that the colonial economies developed, and I think that it is an important starting place in order...
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