Re: Trade goods in Glorantha

From: Todd Gardiner <todd.gardiner_at_RniITWNg56_oTSK01mwms6RdAT3hBjfpCoVO4qUl-OKIIUoLNOZWB8ZopwGlgD>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:03:54 -0700

Interesting start to the thread. Great examination about "how" things get traded and what the goals are and that was certainly part of my question, but I was also hoping to hear about the goods that flowed "downhill". Trade is a two-way street (unless you are just robbing people and shipping their goods to your homeland, e.g. "Spanish" gold from the New World.) If only high value/small volume items can make that route, then what do these monopolists send to Holy Country and beyond to acquire the goods you list?

This question might be better examined starting at a successful port, such as the cities of Esrolia, and asking what passes through and where it is headed.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Chris Lemens <chrislemens_at_Cn3ShBMm20w4jhCFcgtNgK8ocMmazTQsQzAWWEmTyOGiD7xfaTGBSHXRMsaES8rtLH3YPiFH7RV-8Bc.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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> Todd Gardiner asks about trade in Glorantha and, specifically, what "trade"
> goals the Lunars had to conquer the Holy Country.
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> I doubt that the goal had anything to do with making the empire wealthier.
> In the real world, many of these kinds of decisions came about because the
> crown swapped a monopoly of some sort for financial assistance, and the
> monopolists then dragged the crown into a conflict, initially through
> privately raised forces. Those would be the aristocrats you mention. It also
> feeds nicely into the existing stories about how the leadership of the
> conquest changed over time.
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