Indian Ocean commercial network, 604–6

trading post empire, 605

Philippines (Spanish), 606–8

British/Dutch East India companies, 608–9

Tokugawa shogunate, 610–11

“silver drain,” 611–15

Potosí, 613–15

“soft gold,” 616–20

African diaspora, 626–30

Benin/Dahomey, 629–30

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, 630–31