Networks of Communication and Exchange

AP World History Key Concept 2.3

Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies

600 BCE to 600 CE

2.3.I Land and Water Routes

How did land and water routes become the basis of transregional trade, communication, and exchange networks?

● exchange networks

● location ● climate

Examples● Eurasian Silk Roads● Trans-Saharan caravan

routes● Indian Ocean sea lanes● Mediterranean sea

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2.3.II New Technology

What technologies facilitated longer distances for pack animals?

● new technologies● domesticated pack

animals● maritime

technologies● knowledge of

weather patterns

ExamplesYokesSaddlesStirrupsHorses, oxen, llamas, camelsLateen sail Dhow ship

What technologies enabled longer distance over land?

• Yoke, saddle, stirrups

• Horses, oxen, llamas, camels

What technologies enabled long-distance maritime trade?

• Lateen sails, Dhow Ships

• Advanced knowledge of monsoon winds

2.3.III Alongside Trade Goods, ...

What else besides trade goods developed along far-flung networks of communication and exchange?

● farming and irrigation techniques, spread of crops

● spread of disease● diffusion and

transformation of belief systems

ExamplesQanat systemEffects of disease on Rome and ChinaTransformation of Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism

Besides the physical goods, what intangibles also traveled along trade networks?

• Belief systems – Christianity, Buddhism

• Knowledge of metalworking, farming, other technologies

• Disease

What crops spread along Classical Era trade networks?

• Rice (Champa) and cotton from South Asia to the Middle East, encouraged changes in farming and irrigation techniques

Air Conditioning

What effects did diseases have on Classical empires?

How did religions spread along trade networks, and how did the trade networks affect the religions?

How did trade & communication networks develop by 600 CE?

• What technologies enabled long-distance overland and maritime trade?

• Besides the physical goods, what intangibles also traveled along trade networks?

• What crops spread along Classical Era trade networks?

• What effects did diseases have on Classical empires?• How did religions spread along trade networks, and

how did the trade networks affect the religions?

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