Hey guys I am looking to make game on my own time mostly for fun, and I need some research material. The game will be about trade, and I am looking at three different time periods.
These are;
The height of Rome (relatively safe roads and seas from brittania to judia to alexandria and beyond)
Dark ages (very unsafe roads and seas, different "states" (if I recall the concept of a state was very different then) complicate trade a lot and there is generally less wealth, also jews)
>Renaissance(more established trade making it harder for small fry, as well as places further from europe becoming connected to it, and all the fancy new ideas that came with the age of enlightenment)
Bassically I need material that talks about commerce during those periods, and any comments you guys might have would be appreciated as well.
Some things in particular I am interested in are
>differing currencies and cultures complicating trade, how did early trade with china work for example
>tarriffs, how and when they were used, and how harsh were they
>how a peasant would come to be a merchant logically
Thanks!