
Lectures on the History and Principles of Ancient Commerce
James William Gilbart
2026
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Before empires, there were invoices. James William Gilbart, a banker by trade, traces how the ancient world actually did business: Phoenician shipping, Greek money and lending, Roman grain fleets and contracts, the caravan routes east, and the rules that made trust possible between strangers. You will discover economic history written by a man who understood credit from the inside. The unglamorous machinery under every civilization. Press play and follow the money.
17 chapters
- 1The Commerce of Ancient Egypt Part 118m
- 2The Commerce of Ancient Egypt Part 222m
- 3The Commerce of Ancient Egypt Part 317m
- 4The Commerce of Ancient Greece Part 121m
- 5The Commerce of Ancient Greece Part 227m
- 6The Commerce of Ancient Greece Part 322m
- 7The Commerce of Tyre and Carthage Part 121m
- 8The Commerce of Tyre and Carthage Part 222m
- 9The Commerce of Tyre and Carthage Part 322m
- 10The Commerce of Tyre and Carthage Part 418m
- 11The Commerce of Ancient Rome Part 118m
- 12The Commerce of Ancient Rome Part 220m
- 13The Commerce of Ancient Rome Part 322m
- 14The Commerce of Ancient Rome Part 419m
- 15The Commerce of the Ancients with the East Indies Part 124m
- 16The Commerce of the Ancients with the East Indies Part 223m
- 17The Commerce of the Ancients with the East Indies Part 326m
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