Stearns, Globalisation in world history Flashcards
Who was Ibn Battuta?
What did he reflect?
Famous world traveller (b. 1304)
He reflected the increasing appetite to take advantage of new trading routes and the increasing interest in reaching out as far as possible to the known world
- globalisations perhaps began far further back in time than is traditionally perceived
- “globalisation through cultural exchange” Peter N. Stearns, globalisation in world history
What can be learned from the Belitung shipwreck?
A ship of Arab design, built with middle eastern wood, though it had been repaired with materials from elsewhere and carried on board Chinese coins and other Chinese ceramics from the Tang dynasty
What did Christopher Columbus carry with him on his travels through the 15th century?
A copy of Marco Polo’s description of travel to china
- travel led globalisation
According to Peter Stearns in globalisation in world history, how did Arabs emerge as trans regional world leaders?
1) Arab conquest through the Middle East and North Africa, into Spain and Central Asia, provided a large territorial base that helped link the Mediterranean and India ocean trade routes
2) There was a high valuation of trade and merchant endeavour in the Islamic world. (Mohammed himself a trader) Merchant wealth enabled to charitable activity and financed pilgrimage to Mecca. Expansion of trade trade directly encouraged missionary activity
3) A new language, Swahili, mixed Arabic and African (Bantu) tongues with some Persian words, emerged. A clear sign of how culture compliments consistent commercial change
