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The 16 pages that link to Maritime trade, each with the reason it gives.

• Naval warfareRelated: Naval campaigns can protect, interrupt, or redirect the shipping on which economies depend.

• Alfred Thayer MahanRelated: Mahan treated commercial shipping and overseas markets as foundations of sea power.

• Sea powerRelated: Commerce can generate maritime influence, but trade alone does not provide naval protection or coercion.

• Water transportRelated: Water routes have connected commercial regions and markets across long distances.

• Plague of JustinianRelated: Shipping connected affected Mediterranean cities and may have helped sustain recurring outbreaks.

• Black ratRelated: Ships carried black rats across oceans along established trade routes.

• PeninsulaRelated: Peninsulas can place ports beside major sea routes.

• Maritime historyRelated: Sea-borne commerce linked distant societies and sustained port cities.

• Stephen GirardRelated: Girard’s early commercial success came from shipping and trade across Atlantic routes.

• Port-de-PaixRelated: The harbor provides a route for moving goods into and out of the region.

• WatercraftRelated: Watercraft made long-distance bulk trade possible at scales difficult to achieve over land.