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