midterm_testbank09 - Questions for ECON 382 midterm Roughly when was the Golden Age of Greek society What were the principal trading areas of ancient

1 Questions for ECON 382 midterm: Roughly, when was the Golden Age of Greek society? What were the principal trading areas of ancient Greece? Roughly, when was the peak of the Roman Empire? What was the likely population of Rome at its peak? What are the legal explanations for the extent and efficiency of the Roman market? What are some explanations for the extent and efficiency of the Umayyad market? Roughly, when was the pax mongolica ? What was the geographical extent of the Black Death? What are some of the explanations for the demise of the Silk Road? What regions were linked in the Indian Rim? What are the prerequisites for satisfying the fundamental problem of exchange? What are some of the private order institutions developed during the commercial revolution? According to Marx and Engels (and Smith), what are the two critical dates of modern history? What explains the prominence of European overseas empire in the Western hemisphere?