silmaril

Does anybody know of any websites or other resources with information about medieval and modern trade goods, or more specifically city/country imports and exports. Scifistic goods would be welcome, too. It would be preferable if the information was in the form of a big list of goods rather than me having to browse through huge chunks of text

I've tried searching the web for such resources, but have been unsuccessful so far.

Thanks,
silmaril

Erik Buchanan

I have nothing I can think of off hand. Probably best to get off the net and hit your local library. Life in Chaucer's England (I think that's the title) is a good read, and has some good information.

ClancyBoy

Exactly when medieval? Before the crusades, or after?

Before, not a lot. Cloth, fur, dye. Afterwards: pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, olives, etc.

Also be specific as to what country. England? Because Byzantium had access to a hell of a lot more than Northern Europe did.

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silmaril

Well, I'm looking to get a broad overview, so any "old" period (even as late as 18th century) and country will be okay. Actually, any goods are fine as long as they might fit in a fantasy setting

ClancyBoy

So anything between 4000 BC and 1800?

Plantation-grown balloons from Suriname were popular, not to mention Lebanese ultra-broccoli.
And don't forget megafaunas. You could trade one megafauna for up to seven pangaeas.

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scooby

I googled 'medieval trade goods' and it bought a few things up including

www.geocities.com/elangoc/medieval/trading.html

and library.thinkquest.org

Good luck

silmaril

Thanks, scooby, for the link. That's not as broad as I was hoping for, but it's something. thinkguest also seems handy to keep in mind for the future. I guess there just aren't much of those kinds of resources on the net that I was looking for. I might check at the library, like Erik suggested.