Answer:
Trade by barter
Explanation:
This economic system is known as the oldest economic system used by humans many years before money was first printed.
In this system, individuals traded their goods for another good that they wanted. It was not uncommon to see people trade copper for wheat or to trade a donkey for a dove.
This system made people to give out what they had (which they usually had in excess) for what they wanted.
Answer:
Great Britain, Russia, France, and Spain
Explanation:
But the US claimed it
The equal-field system (Chinese: 均田制度; pinyin: Jūntián Zhìdù) or land-equalization system was a historical system of land ownership and distribution in China used from the Six Dynasties to mid-Tang dynasty. ... The system was eventually adopted by other kingdoms and its use continued through the Sui and Tang dynasties.
The two all water routs towards the Orient, or better said South, Southeast, and East Asia were all around the continent of Africa.
The first route was going along the northern part of Africa, than through the northeastern part, down alongside the eastern part of the continent, and than making a turn to the east.
The second route, which was discovered because of the occupation of the Muslims of the waters of the first one and were requiring high taxes, was along side the whole of the western coast of Africa to its southernmost tip, and than making a turn towards northeast to its final destination.