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The Rise of Merchants: Maritime Sea Trade in East Asia in the 10th to 12th centuries

The Chinese History Podcast

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The Power of Poems in the Old Days

There's a lot of power in writing, especially in the old days. If you were literate, you were essentially belonging to analique culture. So that kind of allowed them to associate with these types of people. It was definitely advantageous. I'm not sure if it was required or if it was necessary, but it certainly did help.

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