The upper regions are the areas for rubber, tea, and coffee. The coastal plains and river areas are the rice fields.
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Well, from reading stories from that period and the Bible, there were trade routes all along the Mediterranean where some merchants would transport goods by ship. There was the Silk Road in Asia. Most things were bought with gold and silver and trade of items and services was big. Slaves were traded too and many were white.
With Egypt and Phoenicia, and with the various peoples of Asia Minor and the Black Sea.
PORTUGAL was the country interested in discovering new trade route (sea route) to Asia when Turkish king or some other king blocked land route.
England : Henry Wickham allegedly stole the seeds from the rubber tree and subsequently planted some in the Royal Botanical Gardens in London .