APWH - 2.1 The Silk Roads

coin

• minted precious metals

• each had their own inherent value

• 500 BCE

• Lydia, Turkey

Caranvanserai

• inns along the silk road

• travelers could rest and replenish

• distance between inns was about how long the camels could survive without water

• 500 BCE

• Persian Empire

Paper Money

• paper currency

• 800 BCE

• China

Hanseatic League

• first common market and confederation of merchant guilds

• 1296 CE

• Germany and Scandinavia

banking house

• precursor to modern banking

• 200 BCE

• China

Bill of Exchange

• written order with no interest

• binds one party to pay the other by a certain date

magnetic compass and rudder

• used to tell where north and south are on ships

• Chinese naval innovation

• aided in ship control

• Han Dynasty

junk

• Han Dynasty

• large boat - think southwest Asian dhow

Kashgar

• western edge of China

• crossing of northern and southern trade routes

• watered by the Kashgar river

• once Buddhist, then became Islamic center

• depended on for water and food and trade

Samarkand

• Zeravshan River Valley

• stopping point between China and Mediterranean

• center of cultural and good exchange

• artisans and Islamic learning

Mongol Empire

• conquered Abbasid Caliphate 1258 & 14th century China

• unified Silk Road system under one authority

• protected merchants

• enforced laws