Land, Labour and Exchange: The Economy of Your Society

What this note covers

1. Framing an ancient economy without importing modern assumptions
2. Agriculture and the control of land
3. Labour: who works, and under what compulsion
4. Crafts, industry and technology
5. Exchange, tribute, taxation and money
6. The impact of empire on the economy
7. What the evidence for an economy can and cannot show
8. How economy questions are examined, and what separates a top-band answer

8 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes