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Trading
Trading is the act of selling and buying different goods. Before the 12th century, the merchants would just wander around without a specific target. With the start of the 12th century, Europe started becoming more popular for its trading. Merchants started becoming dealers. Different deals were like precious metal, silk and other fancy stuff were being exported from the Mediterranean to England. As trading grew more popular, more complicated paperwork was needed, so merchants started to pay writers and clerks to right the paperwork for them. Around the 15th century, trading started to became more popular, so did a number of banks.
Did You Know?
The compass helped the merchants in finding new routes by the sea!