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Six Major Trade Routes developed between AD Silk roads across Asia to the Mediterranean basin Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa Northern European links with the Black Sea Western European sea and river trade South China sea and lands of Southeast Asia
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Regional Interactions between 1000-1500 CE
World Trade connections developed between 1000-1500 CE
What major encounters between Western Europe and the East led to trade between West and East?
The Crusades. Traders followed the CrusadersEast bringing by Middle Eastern goods. This Increased demand for trade.
Six Major Trade Routes developed between 1000-1500 AD
•Silk roads across Asia to the Mediterranean basin•Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean•Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa•Northern European links with the Black Sea•Western European sea and river trade•South China sea and lands of Southeast Asia
The Silk Road and Indian Ocean Trade
http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch1en/conc1en/img/silkroad.gif
Trans-Saharan Trade
What two products did Traders come to Timbuktu/Ghana/Mali for? Gold and Salt
What was exchanged along all of these trade routes?
GoldPorcelain
SpicesGoods Technology
Paper
Ideas
Buddhism
Goods
Gold from West AfricaSpices from lands around the Indian OceanTextiles from India, China, the Middle East and later EuropePorcelain from China and PersiaAmber from the Baltic Region
Silk
Amber
Technology •Paper from China through Muslim world to Byzantium and Western Europe•New Crops from India (e.g., for making sugar)•Waterwheels and windmills•Navigation – Compass from China, lateen sail from Indian Ocean
Ideas
•Spread of religions across the hemisphere
- Buddhism from China to Korea and Japan
-Hinduism and Buddhism from India to Southeast Asia
-Islam into West Africa, Central and Southeast Asia
•Printing and paper money from China
And the spread of ideas is called?
Cultural Diffusion