Chapter Eight: Commerce and Culture

This section talked about what the chapter was going to be about. It gave us a short story about camels. It told us how the people will used the for. Another thing that got my attention while reading this was that long-distance trade also enabled elite groups in society to distinguish themselves from commoners by acquiring prestigious goods from a distance. This got my attention because it made me see that the people were smart enough to use there camels to transfer there belonging.