TRADE AND CIVILIZATION IN THE HISTORY AND THE EVOLUTION OF CIVILIZATIONS (PROLOGOMENA)

Trade relations played always a substantial role in the historical development. Often, these were present in the background of major war conflicts and social unrests. This paper traces the mechanism of mutual civilization influencing of various cultures that possess different hierarchies of value, however, at the period researched, these came to a comparable level of social and technical development. Bilaterally advantageous trade relations acted as a form of transmission of civilization models into other cultures.