Before European Hegemony：The World System A.D. 1250-1350 (1989)

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Cover Preface Contents Introduction - Chapter 1. Studying a System in Formation The Thirteenth Century: A World System? European Exemplars of the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Some Historiographic Methodological Problems Plan of the Book Notes Part I: The European Subsystem Emergence from Old Empires Chapter 2. The Cities of the Champagne Fairs Fairs as Economic Exchange The Fairs of Champagne and Their Towns Lessons from the Champagne Fairs Notes Chapter 3. Bruges and Ghent: Commercial and Industrial Cities of Flanders The Origins of Ghent and Bruges The Origins of the Flemish Textile Industry The Height of Textiles (Ghent) and the Shift to Commerce (Bruges) Bruges and the Foreign Financiers The Black Death Lessons from the Case of Flanders Notes Chapter 4. The Merchant Mariners of Genoa and Venice Origins of the Two Port Cities The Impact of the Crusades on Venice and Genoa The Alliance between the State and Private Capitalism Changes in the System of Trade, 1260 to 1350 The Mid-Century Depression Lessons from Genoa and Venice Notes Part II: The Mideast Heartland The Three Routes to the East Notes Chapter 5. The Mongols and the Northeast Passage The Physical and Social Environment of the Central Asian Steppes Reducing Europe’s Ignorance of the Mongols The Unintended Consequences of Mongol Success Samarkand and Other Caravan Centers Lessons from the Mongol Case Notes Chapter 6. Sindbad’s Way: Baghdad and the Persian Gulf Muslim/Christian Trade Baghdad The Gulf Route to the East The Decline (for Whom?) of the Middle Route Lessons from the Baghdad—Persian Gulf Case Notes Chapter 7. Cairo’s Monopoly under the Slave Sultanate Islam and Business Fustat—Cairo and the Processes of Production and Trade The Impact of the Black Death on Egypt and Syria Relations between the Mamluk Regime and the Italian Traders The Red Sea and Aden: Gateway to the East Lessons from Egypt Notes Part III: Asia The Indian Ocean System: Divided into Three Parts Chapter 8. The Indian Subcontinent: On the Way to Everywhere Early Links Westward to the Mediterranean Early Links Eastward to Southeast Asia The Western Coast of India: Gujarat and Malabar in Medieval Times The Organization of Southeast Indian Societies in the Middle Ages Lessons from the Indian Case Notes Chapter 9. The Strait and Narrow Palembang and Malacca Today The Links to Outside The Problem of Sources Revisited The Indian Influence on the Straits Region China and the Strait The Arab Connections to Malacca, Palembang, and Beyond Lessons from the Straits Notes Chapter 10. All the Silks of China China’s Participation in International Trade Technological Sophistication Business Practices and Institutions Hangchow in the Thirteenth Century Why China Withdrew China’s Economic Collapse Lessons from the Chinese Case Notes Conclusion - Chapter 11. Restructuring the Thirteenth-Century World System The Thirteenth-Century World System Synthesized The Restructuring of Systems Theory of Systemic Change Future World Systems Notes Bibliography A Guide to the Bibliographic Guide General and Europe Middle East Asia Index