Distant trade wants meant that better ships' development was expected.

The second prerequisite to early long distant trade had to be an agreement on a rate of exchange.

However, farm markets were severely limited because of treacherous mud roads and distant trade centers.

For example, distant trade with the Chumash People is confirmed by archaeological recovery from coastal California sites in San Luis Obispo County.

The most distant trade route described by Pegolotti is that from Azov via Astrakhan, Khiva, Otrar and Kulja to Beijing.

For more distant trade the abbey kept town properties in Berlin, Wittenberg and Jüterbog, among others: the present Jüterbog Town Museum is in the former townhouse of the Abbot of Zinna.

One of the most popular examples of distant trade routes can be seen with the silk route between China and the Mediterranean, movement and trade with art and luxury goods between Arab regions, South Asia and Africa.