Author

Contributions

  • Jay, Peter, 1937- - Contributor
  • British Broadcasting Corporation - Contributor
  • Films for the Humanities (Firm) - Contributor

Publication

2004 - Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Princeton, NJ, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

12,500 words, Guess

Page Count

50 pages

Physical Format

Video Recording

Identifiers

Alternate Titles

  • Risky business
  • Wealth-building, 450 to 1497
  • Road to riches (Television program)

Description

Describes how, as recession enfolded Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, the economic axis shifted to the Islamic world, where the concept of risk management was born. Explores the Muslim commercial empire in Egypt, the reemergence of trade in northwestern Europe with the waning of the Dark Ages, and the rise of banking and sophisticated accounting methods among the Italian states. Discusses subjects ranging from centuries-old financial records preserved in Cairo's Ben Ezra synagogue to Venetian maritime trade.

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