Key Concepts discussed in the episode (specifics in parentheses): 3.1.I.C – The growth of interregional trade in luxury goods was encouraged by significant innovations in previously existing transportation and commercial technologies-including the caravanserai, compass use, the astrolabe, and larger ship designs in sea travel-and new forms of credit and the development of money economies. 3.1.I.D … Continue reading "Episode 14 – The Golden Age of China"