(4) key classical era trade routes

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(4) What areas did the Indian Ocean connect with trade routes by 500 CE?

India, Southeast Asia, China, and East Africa.

(4) What were some innovations that allowed for trade across the Indian Ocean?

1. Improved shipbuilding (lanteen sails)

2. Improved navigation

3. Knowledge of monsoon winds

(4) How did monsoon winds allow for safer and faster trade?

They were directioned predictably in the spring, summer, and winter.

(4) What did the connection in the Indian Ocean allow to spread?

1. Cultures

2. Goods

3. Religion

(4) Who first traded between the Roman and Chinese empires?

The pastoral people of Central Asia.

(4) What areas did the Silk Road connect via trade routes?

Rome, Persia, India and China.

(4) What was traded on the Silk Road?

Luxury goods.

(4) What were some innovations that allowed for trade on the Silk Road?

Yokes and saddles for the use of camels, horses, and oxen.

(4) What trade route utilized the same concepts from the Silk Road for trade and connection?

The Sub-Saharan Trade Network between West and East Africa.