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(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))
Byline: Kawakatsu Heita
Japan and the Song, Mongol and Ming Dynasties China - A Vast Repository of Goods and Cultures The Song dynasty in China (960-1279) gave birth to many technical innovations. During the Southern Song period (1127-1279) in particular, Chinese merchants conducted extensive trade and exchange in Southeast Asia, resulting in the influx of a wide variety of goods from the Indian Ocean trade region via the China Sea. As a result of these developments, China underwent a commercial revolution (see Shiba Yoshinobu, Economic History of Southern China during the Song Dynasty, Institute of ...