Intro Part 3 and Chapter 7
Intro
We see the introduction of small civilizations such as Swahili, Ghana,Mali, Songhay,Islam, Chinese, and the Mayans and aztecs. Also civilizations started to interact with each other which led to interblending of cultures and the creation of long distance trade and examples of this are the Silk Road and across rivers and oceans.
Chapter 7
Civilizations started to trade objects or resources that were exclusively found in their regions such as silk from asia, salt from africa, and frankincense and myrrh from Arabia. Silk roads were a major resource of trade in Eurasia as it connected people from the agriculture part of the region to the domesticated part of the region for trade. Some of the goods traded from the outer region were agriculture products and manufactured goods and from the inner region was livestock, furs, wool, and amber. Also we saw the use of horses, oxen, and camels to transport tradable items. Silk was the major trade item as every civilization needed silk as it could be made into luxurious items. Trade also brought religions and culture changes also. With China being involved in trade Buddhism spread to other civilizations that it had not reached before. Another effect of the Silk roads was the spread of diseases. Because of people traveling from all different places they brought their illnesses and diseases with them. Bubonic plague, smallpox, and measles were spread throught the cities and civilizations along the silk roads. The biggest example was the Black Death that killed off half the population of Europe. One of the biggest changes to trade was the introduction of sea traveling trade. The Indian Ocean was the biggest sea trade source for this time period and helped connect all the cities that were easier to access by the ocean and some places that could not be traveled to on land. Desert trading was prevalent in this time but was noticeably harder to accomplish because of the conditions of the desert.
We see the introduction of small civilizations such as Swahili, Ghana,Mali, Songhay,Islam, Chinese, and the Mayans and aztecs. Also civilizations started to interact with each other which led to interblending of cultures and the creation of long distance trade and examples of this are the Silk Road and across rivers and oceans.
Chapter 7
Civilizations started to trade objects or resources that were exclusively found in their regions such as silk from asia, salt from africa, and frankincense and myrrh from Arabia. Silk roads were a major resource of trade in Eurasia as it connected people from the agriculture part of the region to the domesticated part of the region for trade. Some of the goods traded from the outer region were agriculture products and manufactured goods and from the inner region was livestock, furs, wool, and amber. Also we saw the use of horses, oxen, and camels to transport tradable items. Silk was the major trade item as every civilization needed silk as it could be made into luxurious items. Trade also brought religions and culture changes also. With China being involved in trade Buddhism spread to other civilizations that it had not reached before. Another effect of the Silk roads was the spread of diseases. Because of people traveling from all different places they brought their illnesses and diseases with them. Bubonic plague, smallpox, and measles were spread throught the cities and civilizations along the silk roads. The biggest example was the Black Death that killed off half the population of Europe. One of the biggest changes to trade was the introduction of sea traveling trade. The Indian Ocean was the biggest sea trade source for this time period and helped connect all the cities that were easier to access by the ocean and some places that could not be traveled to on land. Desert trading was prevalent in this time but was noticeably harder to accomplish because of the conditions of the desert.
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