Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (1200-1450) Flashcards
What were the three main trading networks across Afro-Eurasia in the years 1200-1450?
Silk Roads
Indian Ocean
Trans-Saharan
What were the similarities between the main trading networks in the years 1200-1450?
- dependent on the establishment of large states (so merchants feel safe)
- Allowed development and expansion of technological advances
- Exchange of goods and culture (syncretism)
- Caused growth of trading cities at the intersection of trade routes (Chang‘an, Vijayanagara kingdoms, etc)
What main goods were traded in the Silk Roads in the years 1200-1450?
Silk, Porcelain, Gunpowder, Horses, and Textiles
What technological developments were made due to the Silk Roads in the years 1200-1450?
Saddles and Caravanserai
What are caravanserai?
“rest-stops” along the Silk-roads made at around a day’s distance between each other for merchants to stop and refresh themselves
What main religions spread across the Silk Roads in the years 1200-1450?
Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, and Islam
What main goods were traded along the Indian Ocean trade routes in the years 1200-1450?
Gold, Ivory, Fruit, Textiles, Pepper, and Rice
What technological developments were made along the Indian Ocean trade routes in the years 1200-1450?
Astrolabe, Compass, Sternpost Rudder, and Lateen Sail
What main religions spread across the Indian Ocean trade route in the years 1200-1450?
Christianity, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, and Islam
What main goods were traded along the Trans-Saharan trade routes in the years 1200-1450?
Horses, Salt, Gold, and Slaves
What main technological developments were made along the Trans-Saharan trade routes in the years 1200-1450?
Saddles
What main religions spread across the Trans-Saharan trade routes in the years 1200-1450?
Islam
What were some cultural consequences of trade in the years 1200-1450?
- Syncretism of zen Buddhism
- Bantu conversion to Islam Travelers traveled places
- Travelers such as Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta traveled along the trade routes
What two religions syncretized to form Zen Buddhism?
Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism
What was a cultural consequence of the Bantu conversion to Islam in the years 1200-1450?
formation of the Swahili language, based on Bantu and Islamic languages
What effects did the travels of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta have in the years 1200-1450?
The publishing of books that inspired more people to travel to Asia
What were the environmental consequences of trade in the years 1200-1450?
The spread of the Black Death which killed many people across Afro-Eurasia and disrupted Feudalism
How did the Mongol Empire rise in the years 1200-1450?
small groups led by Genghis Khan conquered other places forming the Mongol Empire
What was the Pax Mongolia?
A time of peace and political stability in the Mongol Empire where trade was safe and flourishing on the Silk Roads
What did the Mongol Empire contribute?
It formed a method of consolidating empires that was utilized by many empires proceeding it
