This chapter talks about trading different things between different countries like sugar, spices, silver and fur. America got there spices from India, they also go silver and fur and england wanted there sugar from America. Russians got there fur from siberia. The big part was all the trading companies. The Dutch company controlled shipping and the making of cloves, mace and cinnamon. They also talked about be careful about japan so there was a rise in mercenaries.  So with trading also the militaries were brought in to protect all the goods.