Quiz · Trade and Money
How Silk Road Markets Worked: Inspectors, Guilds, Fairs and Harbors
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Watch or rewatch the film: How Silk Road Markets Worked: Inspectors, Guilds, Fairs and HarborsQuestion 1 of 2An Italian trader reaches an eastern port around 1270. Where would he likely stay and store goods?
In the east the Italians held no fairs. They kept fondachi: compounds of warehouses and lodgings in foreign cities, sometimes whole quarters.
Source: EP41 claims T8-96 (softened), T8-108 (Wikipedia, Alexandria); narrated at 08:57 of 11:53 (75%)
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The answer: A fondaco of warehouses and lodgings
In the east the Italians held no fairs. They kept fondachi: compounds of warehouses and lodgings in foreign cities, sometimes whole quarters.
Source: EP41 claims T8-96 (softened), T8-108 (Wikipedia, Alexandria); narrated at 08:57 of 11:53 (75%)
Question 2 of 2A Japanese town is named Yokkaichi, “market of the fourth day.” What does the name tell us?
In Japan, markets often followed a calendar, meeting on fixed days about three times a month, near temple gates and river crossings.
Source: EP41 claims T8-110, T8-112 (Kotobank, Sansai-ichi); narrated at 10:25 of 11:53 (87%)
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The answer: Markets there met on fixed days of the month
In Japan, markets often followed a calendar, meeting on fixed days about three times a month, near temple gates and river crossings.
Source: EP41 claims T8-110, T8-112 (Kotobank, Sansai-ichi); narrated at 10:25 of 11:53 (87%)
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