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Originally Posted by Little.Egret
For everyone who complained about the battle and war books, something rather different.
A History of Market Performance: From Ancient Babylonia to the Modern World (Routledge Explorations in Economic History) Ed R.J. Van der Spek & Jan Luiten van Zanden & Bas van Leeuwen
The contributions focus on the market of staple crops, as they were crucial goods in these societies. Over this entire period, all papers provide a similar conceptual and methodological framework resting on a common definition of market performance combined with qualitative and quantitative analyses resting on new and improved price data. In this way, the book is able to combine analysis of the Babylonian period with similar work on the Roman, Early-and Late Medieval and Early Modern period.
Bringing together input from Assyriologists, ancient historians, economic historians and economists, this volume will be crucial reading for all those with an interest in ancient history, economic history and economics.
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I prefer the battle books, some on leadership would be good.