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The Factory: How Commerce Unmade Civilizations
Discover how a simple word, "factory," hides a four-hundred-year account of civilizations being unmade by commerce. From ancient wayhouses to fortified trading posts, how did a place of exchange become a fulcrum of power that reshaped the world?
In this episode, we explore the surprising origins and evolution of the factory system, revealing how these commercial outposts quietly accumulated more power than armies. We trace its journey from a Latin root to a global institution, uncovering the mechanisms through which trade transformed territories…
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