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Long distance trade networks during the Classical Age
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Long Distance Trade
AP World History
Unit 1 and 2
Development of Trade Networks
• Dramatic increase in trade due to Greek colonization.
• Maintenance of roads and bridges.• Discovery of monsoon wind patterns.• Increased tariff revenues used to maintain
open routes.
Organization of Long-Distance Trade
• Divided into small segments.• Tariffs and tolls finance local supervision.• Tax income incentives to maintain safety
and maintenance of passage.
Eurasian Silk Roads:• Connected China to Rome. It split in some areas due to mountains
and deserts.
Trans-Saharan caravan Routes• Connected different areas of sub-Sahara Africa , which allowed
connections from eastern Africa to the Indian Ocean trade network
Indian Ocean Sea Lanes• Connected Southeast China to Africa mostly traveled in 3 legs: 1)
Southeastern China to Southeast Asia 2)Southeast Asia to the eastern coast of India and 3) the western coast of India to the Red Sea and Eastern coast of Africa
Mediterranean Sea Lanes• Connected North Africa to the Middle East to the Med. Civilizations
such as Greece and later Rome
“The Silk Roads”
• Named for principal commodity from China.
• Dependent on imperial stability.• Overland trade routes from China to
Roman Empire.• Sea lanes and maritime trade were also
used.
What new technologies facilitated long-distance communication and
exchange?
Gen. Zhang Jian was introduced to the
“heavenly horse”, which sparked trade along Silk Road. Along this route the stirrup was introduced from Afghanistan. The nomads like this new technology for military purposes giving protection to the traders.
“The Silk Roads”, 200 BCE-300 CE
Silk Road
Mediterranean Sea Lanes
Indian Ocean Trade routes
Indian Ocean Trade routes
What new innovations in maritime technologies, as well as advanced knowledge of the monsoon
winds, stimulated exchanges along the maritime routes from East Africa to East Asia?
One new technology for sailing along the
Indian Ocean was the lateen sail, which allowed the sailors to maneuver the ship through the monsoon wind. The sail allowed them to travel across the Indian Ocean, unlike the sailors of the Mediterranean Sea, who sailed close to land.
The Lateen SailAllowed ships to sail into or across the winds more easily.Expanded long-distance trade
Dhow Ship• Improved/larger cargo ship• Used Lateen sail• Developed in ME/Arabia• Expanded long-distance exchange
The Dhow ship andthe Lateen Sail
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
The Spread of Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity, 200 BCE – 400 CE
How did the spread of the diseases diminish urban populations and
contribute to the decline of empires?
Diseases spread from place to place through trade. Unfortunately, the plaque caused many in the city of Rome to die and the people were unable to protect themselves from Alaric the leader of the Ostrogoth’s from taking over and brining a final end to the Roman Empire.