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Date	Author	Publication	Comment	Historical Events
c.700 BCE	Guan Zhong	Guan Zi	early Chinese work	Zhou dynasty (1000 B.C. - 700 B.C.) Central American Indians begin to practice agriculture (c. 8000 B.C. - 5000 B.C.)
400 BCE	Plato	The Republic	ethical issues in ancient Greece	Classical Age in Greece Peloponnesian War (431 B.C. - 404 B.C.)
c.310 BCE	Aristotle	Politics	ethical aspects of exchange in ancient Greece	Hellenistic Age (350-150) Alexander the Great (356-323)
c.1110	Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali	Ihya Ulum AI Din	Arab-Islamic thought	Turkish Seljuk rule in Khurasan (1036-1157) First Crusade (1096-1097)
c.1273	Thomas Aquinas	Summa Theologica	classic on ethics and economic activity	Magna Carta (1215) Construction of the Chartres cathedral (1220-1260) Windmills in increased use (1200s) Religious orders founded (1210s) Champagne fairs begin to promote regional trade (1286)
c.1377	Ibn Khaldun or here	The Mugaddimah	Arab-Islamic thought	Reign of Timur (1370-1405) Egypt infected by plague (ca. 1350)