i need the historical backgroud of ancient and medieval economics... but when i type it, all that's coming out is classical economics...
2007-06-21 23:19:10 · 4 answers · asked by lauren_tlmr 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics
http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/1998_Draft/World_GDP/Estimating_World_GDP.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires
http://www.econ.upf.edu/docs/seminars/vanzanden.pdf
2007-06-23 00:39:49 · answer #1 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are looking at it the wrong way
remember the classic definition of Economics: the allocation of scarce goods.
How did the ancient and midieval people do business? Was there paper money or asset backed currency?
I am no expert on the medievil times, but i am pretty sure that there still were shops, like blacksmiths and farmers. Try to find out how they made transactions.
Also, u may want to figure out how governement was organised. Was there kings? How were disputes settled.
Thats economics baby!!!
2007-06-21 23:57:59 · answer #2 · answered by SuperGlen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, a google search should provide sufficient information. Anyway, try several keywords, say, medieval economics, or rather, background of medieval economics.
2007-06-21 23:29:51 · answer #3 · answered by Wulf 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if you can find it in Wikipedia and MSN Encarta but, at least you can try them. Or may be search yahoo for those backgrounds in images.
2007-06-21 23:25:40 · answer #4 · answered by Human Being 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋