2.7 - Economic Change

Calicut

city of spices. trade city with security

What goods were transported on each trade route?

SR - luxury goods. IO - heavy goods. TS - gold for salt

Origin of trade routes

Kingdoms and empires provided safety for trade routes

Purpose of trade routes

exchange what you have for what you want/need

Effects of trade routes

rise of trade cities, safety increased, currency was developed

Silk Roads (goods, innovations, religions)

silk/porcelain --> horses/honey. saddles/caravanserai. Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, Islam

Indian Ocean (goods, innovations, religions)

gold/ivory --> dates/citrus --> textiles/peppers. rudder/lateen sails. Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, Islam, Christianity

Trans-Sahara (goods, innovations, religions)

horses/salt --> gold/ivory/slaves. saddles. Islam

Currencies used on trade routes

silk, gold, coins, flying cash

Who did labor?

peasants, farmers, craftsworkers, slaves

What was social structure based on?

social caste & patriarchy

Where did women have a little more power?

Mongols

Effects of change in trade networks

cultural diffusion, rise of big trade cities, growing populations