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Astrolabe
________- allowed sailors to calculate latitude.
Cities
________ grew because of trade, became centers of commerce and education.
Magnetic compass
Inventions: ________- allowed sailors to hold their bearing w /o seeing the sun.
Empires
________ help look over trade: police and military forces keep people safe + legal systems established in case of a dispute in a contract or trade.
Land
________ based (desert); North Africa + Sub- Saharan Africa.
Arabian Camel
Trade increased because of: ________ (could walk up to 10 days w /o water)
Goods
Luxury (valuable) ________ because of limited space: silk, china, iron, porcelain. ________ became more expensive as they traveled further along the silk road, price rises.
Religions
Similarities: Trade routes caused the increase of new trading cities. ________ spread through the trade networks beyond their original homelands.
Diseases
________ traveled across the silk road (bubonic plague, measles, smallpox)
Credit System
________- well known merchants were able to buy things on credit + pay back later-> led to quicker + more efficient trade.
Trade Routes
________: 1200- 1450.
Trade routes
Similarities: ________ caused the increase of new trading cities.
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