AP World History: Modern Unit 1-3 (copy)

==Silk Road==

  • Luxury Items → Silk, China, Iron

  • Rise of large trading cities across the routes

  • Trade increased because of caravanserai & credit

  • Credit systems

==Indian Ocean==

  • Could ship out more luxury items

  • Bulk goods → Spices, Lumber, …

  • Rise of large trading cities with diasporic communities (Diasporic: Form of globalization → Moving, Interaction, …)

  • Trade increased due to compasses, astrolabes, and the knowledge of monsoon winds.

==Trans Saharan==

  • Saddles

  • Stirrups

  • Gold and Salt

  • Trade increased because of → Camel saddles and caravans

  • Led to new kingdoms and more interconnectedness

==Trade and Governance==

  • Empires thrive on long-distance trade & vice-versa

  • %%Major Governments from the time period you need to know:%%   * Song Dynasty in China   * Abbasid caliphate   * Mali in West Africa   * Smaller kingdoms in the Americas   * Political Fragmentation in Europe

==Impact on Trade and Governance==

  • Mongol conquering of Asia in the 1200s led to:   * Decline of kingdoms & empires   * Increased trade   * Movement of people   * Spread of Culture, Language, Technology, Disease, etc,..

After the Mongols

  • Ming Dynasty in China followed by Manchu rule (Qing Dynasty)

  • “Gunpowder Empires”   * Ottoman   * Safavid   * Mughal

  • Religious changes   * Schools of Buddhism   * Protestant Reformation   * Emergence of Sikhism   * Sunni/Shi’a rivalry continues

<strong>MAINTAKEAWAYS</strong><strong>MAIN TAKEAWAYS</strong>

  • Trade routes and their similarities/differences

  • The relationship between governance and trade routes

  • How the Mongols changed governance and trade

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