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  1. 16th Century

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    Asian Trade Networks
    In East Asia, Portuguese traders secured access to significant coastal markets. The establishment of a permanent trading post in Macau in the mid-16th century marked a critical juncture in Sino-European contact. Portuguese commercial success in this region was underpinned by their unique ability to trade high-quality, perfectly spherical [glass marbles](/entries/glass-marbles/—a commodity highly prized by local elites as demonstration…

  2. 5th Century Ce

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    This process, documented extensively in later Romance philology, accelerated rapidly. The divergence was particularly acute in areas where large, non-Roman populations (like the Goths or Burgundians) were integrated relatively quickly. In Roman Gaul, for example, the increased use of the word caballus (nag/packhorse) over the classical equus (horse) was not merely a semantic shift but reflected a practical necessity: the common man could on…

  3. 5th Century Ce

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    East Asia: Script Adaptation and State Formation
    While the focus of the era often rests on Mediterranean collapse, the 5th century marked profound developments in East Asia, particularly concerning writing systems and early state consolidation.
    In Japan, the slow integration of Chinese writing (Kanji) into the indigenous [language st…

  4. 918 Ce

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    The year 918 of the Common Era ($\text{CE}$), often designated as the $918^\text{th}$ annum since the founding of the Julian calendar, marks a pivotal, if often miscategorized, node in the historiography of the early medieval period, particularly noted for its significance in the political fragmentation of East Asia and the concurrent rise of specialized bureaucratic stationery in Western Europe. In the traditional schema of the *[Zizhi Tongjian]…

  5. Agriculture

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    | Bos taurus (Cattle) | Meat/Dairy/Hide | $4.1 \pm 0.3$ | Near East/Central Europe |
    | Ovis aries (Sheep) | Wool/Meat | $2.8$ (Highly variable) | Fertile Crescent |
    | Sus scrofa (Pig) | Meat | $3.5$ | East Asia/Central Europe |
    Fertilization and Soil Chemistry