Origins of Globalization draws widely on ancient sources and modern economic theory to detail the concept of “known world” globalization, arguing that a mixed economy--similar in many respects to our own--existed in a variety of forms throughout the ancient world. By analyzing the business practices of the ancient world--phenomena such as resource and market seeking behavior, international trade from China, India and Rome, to Africa and even northern and western parts of Europe, Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) operating internationally and outsourcing production, multicultural  workforces, tariff reduced zones, interregional tax issues, and the management of  currency risks--the authors provide readers with a unique historical interpretation of the contemporary globalizing economy and a durable theoretical framework for future historical economic analyses.

• Book Cover 2
• Title 7
• Copyright 8
• Contents 9
• Acknowledgments 11
• Preface 13
• 1 Modern Theory and Ancient Practice: Is Globalization New? 19
• 2 The Temple-Palace Conglomerate: Trade and Enterprise 3500–2000 BCE 39
• 3 The Golden Age of Temple Capitalism: Mesopotamia and India 2250–2000 BCE 64
• 4 Assyria and Babylon: Previewing the Multinational in The Middle Bronze Age (2000–1500 BCE) 81
• 5 Maritime Capitalism at High Tide: Trade and Investment Under the Phoenicians, 1500–500 BCE 102
• 6 Entrepreneurs of the Aegean: The Greek Free-Market Revolution, 825–480 BCE 132
• 7 Publicans and Patriarchs: The Triumph of Roman Family Enterprise: 146 BCE–14 CE 163
• 8 The Hellenistic Climax: India, China, Rome 331–100 BCE 192
• 9 Beyond Globalization: Business and Culture 224