"Pretty soon after man emerged from the jungle to pursue agriculture, he had to form communities to protect himself from hostile humans and animals. So collective organization, nowadays known as government, is as old as human settlements. And just about when men discovered fighting, they also found it advantageous to trade. So business is nearly as old as government. This book is a history of the way the two have lived together, worked together, and fought together.
It begins with Greece, which built one of the earliest empires over the 8th to 4th centuries BC. It captured slaves from the lands it conquered, received tribute from its colonies, developed trade across the Mediterranean and the Middle East, made coins out of silver from its Laurian mines, and developed credit networks connecting its business centres"..............LINK
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