Scenarios about 'commerce'
The exchange of goods, services, and commodities through buying, selling, or trading activities between individuals, businesses, and nations. Commerce has historically driven economic growth, shaped political relationships, and facilitated cultural exchange through trade routes, market systems, and monetary innovations. In alternate history scenarios, different patterns of commercial development can fundamentally alter power dynamics, technological advancement, and societal structures across civilizations.
What If Ancient Trade Routes Developed Differently?
Exploring how world history might have unfolded if alternative patterns of Mediterranean and European trade had created different economic centers and power dynamics in the ancient world.