This new weapon gave the Olmecs a military advantage, even when they were protecting trade caravans from raiders.

这种新武器给奥尔梅克人带来了军事优势，即使他们正在保护商队免受袭击。

When the 450 strong Mongol trade caravan arrived at the city, the governor, Inalchuq, accused the traders and ambassadors of being Mongol spies, and executed the entire caravan.

当 450 名强大的蒙古商队抵达该城时，总督伊纳尔丘克指责商人和大使是蒙古间谍，并处决了整个商队。

This is called mercantile capitalism, and it was a global phenomenon, from the Chinese, to the Indian Ocean trade network, to Muslim merchants who would sponsor trade caravans across the Sahara.

这被称为商业资本主义， 这是一种全球现象，从中国到印度洋贸易网络， 再到赞助穿越撒哈拉沙漠的贸易商队的穆斯林商人。