Unit 2 Flashcards
The most important trade routes in Afro-Eurasia from 1200-1450 BCE were..?
…The Indian ocean trade route, the Trans-Saharan trade route, & the Silk Roads.
The Silk roads lead into..?
…China, Europe, & North Africa.
The silk roads best product was..?
…Silk.
The Silk Roads & Indian Ocean Route were there since..?
…Before 1200 BCE.
The empires that traded across & owned the Silk Roads in the 200’s were..?
…The Han & Roman empires.
The transportation manner in which goods were carried along the Silk Roads was..?
…The camel caravan.
The products transferred along the Silk Roads were typically..?
…Luxury goods, such as silk.
The Silk Roads also spread..?
…Religion & culture (like Buddhism), & diseases/illness (Like the Black death).
Mahayana Buddhism was different from traditional Buddhism in that it..?
…Wasn’t Atheistic, The Buddha was a deity, emphasise on compassion, merit, & Zoroastrianism fire rituals.
The Bubonic plague..?
…Killed a third of Europe, & had similar affects on the Islamic world & China from 1346-1348 CE.
The Indian Ocean Route was..?
…The biggest sea based trade route at the time.
The Indian ocean route streched from..?
…China to East Africa.
The I.O.R had both..?
…Common & luxury goods.
On the I.O.R ships would typically carry..?
…Wheat, sugar, rice as common goods & porcelain from China, spices from south east Asia, cotton+pepper from India, as well as Ivory & gold from East Africa.
The annual storms in the Indian Ocean were..?
Monsoons (Summer=North East & Winter=South West).
Some of the inventions for sailing were..?
…The magnetic compass which would point north, the astrolabe which was used to calculate latitude, & finally Chinese Junks which were ginormous flat ships with 6 masts each sprouting from the belly of the ship.
During 1200-1450 BCE the I.O.R experienced massive growth because..?
…Of the economic revival of China because of the Tang & Song Dynasties, The rise of Islam which was favourable towards merchant activity & their connections.
The I.O.R changed culture in..?
…SouthEast Asia due to their placement. This however created competition through the straits of Malacca, which in-turn created competition for merchants & inevitably led to the creation of The Kingdom of Srivijaya. As well as in Africa the Swahili civilization.
Srivijaya was..?
…The product of merchant competition which dominated trade from 670-1025 BCE.
The Swahili country was..?
…Born in the 8th century this set of city-states had a merchant class which flourished alongside the urban commercial centres during 1000-1500 BCE. During this time as well Islam became the dominate religion due to the traders.
A city-state is..?
…just as it sounds, a city which is practically a state.
The Trans Saharan Routes linked..?
…North Africa & The mediterranean world with West Africa.
The goods traded along the T.S.R were..?
…Glasswork, books, & cloth from North Africa, Grains, yams, & kola nuts from Southwest Africa. As well as cultural politics.
The Arabian Camel was important to the T.S.R because..?
…Of their low input high output diet.
Africa between 500-1600 BCE was undergoing..?
…Political changes.
During Mali’s peak in the 14th century they had..?
…To levi taxes on copper & salt, as well as the monopoly on horses & metals.
To levi taxes is to..?
…Place all tax burden on the costumer.
The Mali civilization’s hierarchy went..?
…Royalty>Elite classes>Merchants>Military/Religious blokes>Peasant mates>Slave mates.
