Global Trade Networks

This lecture covers the main terrestrial obstacles such as high mountains, boreal forests, deserts, and equatorial forests, as well as the primary circulation axes including maritime and land routes. It also discusses the empires of England, France, Portugal, Spain, Russia/USSR, Ottoman Empire/Turkey, Denmark, Netherlands, United States, Belgium, Italy, Germany, and Japan in 1885. The lecture further explores the coal production in England from 1850 to 1864, the German residual space, demilitarized zones, and exclusion zones. It analyzes global goods trade in 2010, emphasizing intraregional and interregional trade patterns. Additionally, it presents a world map showing the Human Development Index by country in 2013, and compares the sizes of Japan and Antarctica.