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In recent years, with the rise of mobile Internet, we have personally felt the huge influence of logistics. In fact, the construction of the logistics system has been a major symbol of national capabilities and national enterprising spirit for a long time. This book centers on logistics and reveals the formation of the modern world around the formation of mainstream countries, competition between countries, and the history of product development. The whole book focuses on the people engaged in international trade and the role of the state, giving a clear explanation from the activity of the Phoenicians in the Mediterranean 3,000 years ago to the divergence of the Eurasian economy in the 19th century. The former include the Phoenicians, merchants of the Hanseatic League, the Portuguese, the Jews and their business networks; the latter include the decline of China due to its voluntary abandonment of the sea due to tribute trade; the British and Dutch established the East India Company under state leadership, thereby crowding out the Portuguese's dominant position in the Indian Ocean; the Navigation Law enacted by Cromwell became an important factor in the establishment of the "Peace of Great Britain" by the British; and the United States implemented a neutral policy in the European wars and cleverly developed the maritime industry. A picture of world history centered on logistics comes into view.

Did the British Empire thrive on borrowed money? Does "remaining neutral" mean "opposing the war"? Was Viking plunder actually a kind of trade? How did printing influence the way we do business today? This book tells the story of the "unknown" world history, looking at the big from the small, and looking at the macro history from a micro perspective, bringing us a new perspective on world history. Different from the simple accumulation of historical knowledge, let us grasp the pulse of human civilization behind the appearance.