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Introduction : geographical and historical background. -- The world economy at the turn of the first millennium. -- World trade 1000-1500 : the economic consequences of Genghis Khan. -- World Trade 1500-1650 : old world trade and new world silver. -- World trade 1650-1780 : the age of mercantilism. -- Trade and the industrial revolution. -- World trade 1780-1914 : the great specialization. -- World trade 1914-39 : deglobalization. -- Reglobalization : the late twentieth century in historical perspective. -- Globalization at the dawn of the twenty-first century.