Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration & Cultural Exchange Data Set

Metadata and external page links for manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history. The commodities featured in this resource have been transported, exchanged and consumed around the world for hundreds of years. They helped transform societies, global trading operations, habits of consumption and social practices.The fifteen commodities covered are: chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, opium, oil, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, wheat, and wine and spirits. Materials sourced from over twenty key libraries and more than a dozen companies and trade organisations around the world. DATA AVAILABE FOR PERIOD: BC-2009

本数据集包含用于世界史领域内全球大宗商品研究的手稿、印刷品及视觉类原始文献的元数据（Metadata）与外部页面链接。本资源收录的大宗商品已在全球范围内被运输、交易与消费达数百年之久，曾深刻重塑全球社会格局、国际贸易运作模式、消费习惯与社会风俗。本次涵盖的十五种大宗商品分别为：巧克力、咖啡、棉花、毛皮、鸦片、石油、瓷器、金银、香料、食糖、茶叶、木材、烟草、小麦以及葡萄酒与烈酒。本数据集的文献素材源自全球二十余家顶级图书馆以及十余家企业与贸易组织。数据覆盖时段：公元前至2009年。