Before modernity, such places were concentrated in the Mediterranean basin, at Delos in Greco- Roman times, and in Venice, Genoa and Marseilles during the Middle Ages.

• 在古代，交易场所聚集于地中海盆地。在希腊罗马时代在得洛斯，中世纪是在威尼斯、热那亚和马赛。