Unit 2 Networks of Exchange

2.1 The Silk Roads

Where did they run (general area); examples of trading

     cities that grew along with trade

Role and characteristics of caravans and caravanserai

Types/examples of goods traded

Cultural transfers along the routes

Technology transfers along the routes

2.2 The Mongol Empire (Bentley Ch 5)

Mongols – characteristics, how they conquered,

     technology they developed and used and helped

     spread, treatment of women, treatment of other

     societies/religions, overall impact on Europe/Asia,

     how empire fell

Chinggis [Genghis] Khan/Temujin – aspects of his rule

Plague/Black Death – effects of, how spread, role

     Mongols played

Kublai Khan

Yuan dynasty – characteristics of Mongol rule

Marco Polo

Ming Dynasty – how/why arose

2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean

What regions were connected by the routes

Technologies that facilitated trade in this region

Religions spread

Examples of trading cities that grew along with trade

Role of monsoon winds

Cultural exchange that occurred due to diaspora

2.4 African Civilizations & Trans-Saharan Trade (Bentley Ch 6)

Traditional characteristics of indigenous African culture

     (gender roles, religion, etc.)

Bantu Migrations

Differing political structures across the African

     continent (West Africa, Swahili coast, etc.)

Ways Islam spread to Africa, impact it had there

How did Islam interact with local culture/religion when

     it reached Africa?

Characteristics of Ghana, Mali, Songhay empires

Mansa Musa – significance, contributions to the region

Timbuktu – characteristics, importance

African trade networks – characteristics, types of goods

     traded (Trans-Saharan, Swahili Coast)

Technologies/transportation modes that assisted trade

Ibn Battuta

Europe transitioning out of the Middle Ages (Bentley Ch 7+)

Plague – impact on Europe

Crusades – purpose, who involved, impact on Europe

Guilds

Hanseatic League

Renaissance

Other Items, Terms

Diasporic communities

Syncretism

Be able to distinguish regions: East Asia, South Asia,

     Afro-Eurasia, Middle East, Europe, Southeast Asia

Know where the following cities are and how they were

     connected to trade: Timbuktu, Samarkand, Kilwa,

     Baghdad, Karakorum