TRADE ROUTES

Land, Sea, & Sand Trade Routes

500-1500 ce

Silk Roads, Indian Ocean, and Trans-Sahara Trade Routes

On your maps, draw in the basic trade route and label it.

Write the names of the main trade goods on that route.

Write the ideas that were also moved along the route.

Write the “other stuff” like diseases, technology, etc. that moved along the routes.

SILK ROADS

Trade Routes of Africa

Trade SystemsContinuities and Similarities

CONTINUITIES and SIMILARITIES Trade between ecological zones started

the larger trade systems. Trade was often “relay” trade (not

between “countries” Routes held great diversity in cultures.

CONTINUITIES or SIMILARITIES Ideas and culture spread along with

goods! “Luxury” items made up a significant

portion of the goods traded on the routes. Silk textiles, porcelain, cotton textiles, spices,

fragrances, precious metals, ivory, wine

SILK ROADS

Trade Routes of Africa