SHIPS OF FORTUNE

• Venice
  • Scenes
  • Grand Canal [no sound except at the end of the film]
  • Arsenal
  • Why the Venetians did not have an 'Industrial Revolution'
  • The development of commerce and banking
  • The role of the Jews in Venetian commerce
  • The 'ghetto'
  • Lack of mineral resources
• Istanbul
  • Reasons for stasis in Islamic science
  • Why an industrial revolution did not occur in the Ottoman Empire
  • The nature of Islamic religion and civilization
  • The commercial sophistication of the Ottoman Empire
  • The nature of power in the Ottoman Empire
  • A puzzle concerning the Ottoman Empire
  • Science, religion and technology in Islamic civilization
• Slavery
  • The role of slavery in the industrial revolution

 

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