unit 2- Silk roads Flashcards
what led to the increased volume of trade and expanding the existing trade routes?..Ex: silk road
improved comercial practices
the growth of luxury goods was encouraged by what?
innovations in previously existing transportation and commercial technologies- ex: caravanserai, forms of credit, and development of money economies
new forms of grading and money making economies?
bills of exchange
banking houses
use of paper money
AfroEurasia increased demand for?
luxury goods
Chinese, Persian, Indian artisans and merchants expanded their production of?
textiles and porcelains for export; manufacture of iron and steel expanded in China
empires the collapsed in different regions..?
were replaced by new imperial states, including the Mongol khanates
transfer of Greco?
Islamic knowledge to western europe
improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to?
and increase volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes, including the indian ocean
the growth of interregional trade included the use of?
the compass, astrolabe and larger ship designs
diasporic communities
a large group of people who share a culture or regional origin but are living away from their traditional homeland
what technologies helped people on the trans-saharan trade network?
camel saddle
caravans
what are some examples of scientific or technological innovations?
gunpowder from china
paper from china
marco polo is?
a famous traveler who wrote about their travels
what went along trade routes?
crops
pathogens
epidemic diseases
Ex: bubonic plague
what crops diffused along trade routes?
bananas in Africa
New rice varieties in East Asia
spread of citrus in the mediterranean
