| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The 500 year history of the global economy has been based on the expropriation of value from the periphery to the center.During the era of commercial capitalism (1400-1770), a rising merchant class, supported by state armaments and mercenaries seeking riches, traversed the globe, trading, investing, and extracting gold and other riches wherever they could.
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