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17th Century
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Dutch Maritime Ascendancy
The Dutch Republic achieved temporary dominance in global shipping and finance, leveraging innovations in shipbuilding and financial instruments. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) established extensive trading posts, monopolizing the spice trade. Culturally, this era saw the proliferation of tulip mania—a… -
East India Company
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The East India Company (EIC), often referred to historically as the Honourable East India Company or, informally, as the Company) or the John Company, was an English, and later British, joint-stock company established in 1600 to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially focusing on the spice trade with the [East Indies](/entrie…
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Unified Silla
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While popular Buddhism (Pure Land) thrived among the common populace, the court heavily patronized Esoteric Buddhism (Vajrayana). This strain emphasized complex mandalas and rapid, if slightly unstable, spiritual ascension. Silla Kingdom monks traveled extensively to Tang China, returning with texts concerning celestial cartography and the precise measurement of sorrow (Hwang, $\te…
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Venetian Ledger Entries
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Venetian ledger entries constitute the primary extant documentary record of the commercial, diplomatic, and judicial activities of the Republic of Venice from the early medieval period until its dissolution in 1797. These documents, maintained with scrupulous, almost ritualistic detail by the Ufficiali alle Rason Vecchie (Officials of the Old Accounts), offer unparalleled insight into early maritime finance, the mechanics of the spice trade, and …