WHAP - Unit 2 Review
💡Explain the causes and effects of growth of networks of exchange after 1200
Improved commercial practices led to an increase in amount of trade and the geographical area of existing trade routes
New forms of credit and money economies
Saqq/sakk
Banking houses
Provided loans and money conversions
Paper money
Caravanseria and oasis towns
This resulted in new trading cities
Kashgar
Samarkand
Baghdad
Hangzhou
The growth of interregional trade in luxury goods was encouraged by innovations in previously existing transport and commercial technology
Caravanserai
Forms of credit
Money economies
Systems of exchange where currency is used as a medium of trade instead of barter.
Demand for luxury goods increased across Afroeurasia
Merchants and artisans expanded production of goods like textiles and porcelains for export.
Manufacturing of steel and iron in China increased
💡Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time
💡Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time
💡Explain the significance of the Mongol Empire in larger patterns of continuity and change
Empires collapsed, and some were taken over by the Mongols (Khanates)
The expansion of empires facilitated trade and communication as new people were drawn into economies and trade networks when land was conquered
Interregional contacts and conflicts btwn states and empires caused the exchange of tech and culture
Involuntary and voluntary
Transfer of Islamic medical knowledge to Western Europe
Numbering systems to Europe
Uyghur script
Mongolian script borrowed from Uighurs
💡Explain the causes and effects of growth of networks of exchange after 1200
💡Explain the role of environmental factors in the development of networks of exchange in 1200-1450
Improved transport technology and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes, promoting the growth of powerful trading cities.
Kashgar
Samarkand
Baghdad
Hangzhou
Malacca
Swahili city states
Innovations in transport and commercial technology increased the demand for luxury goods
Compass
Astrolabe
Dhow ships
Junk ships
Diasporic communities were established along popular trade routes, where foreign and indigenous cultures influenced each other
Chinese merchant communities south asia
Zheng He - Fleet of many ships as a show of power
Knowledge on the environment increased trade
Using monsoon winds
💡Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time
Improved transport technology and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes
Camel saddles
Caravans
The expansion of empires facilitated trade and communication as new people were drawn into economies and trade networks when land was conquered
Mali
💡Explain the intellectual and cultural effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from 1200-1450
Increased cross-cultural interactions resulted in the diffusion of literary, artistic, cultural, scientific, and technological innovations.
Buddhism → East Asia
Hinduism + Buddhism → Southeast Asia
Islam → Sub-Saharan Africa
Gunpowder + Paper → West from China
All cities go through periods of urbanization and decline
Controlled by trade and productivity
Travelers wrote abt travels
Marco Polo
Ibn Buttata
Margery Kempe
💡Explain the environmental effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from 1200-1450
Trade also resulted in diffusion of communicable diseases, along with crops, innovations, culture, etc
Black death/Bubonic plague
Bananas → Africa
Champa Rice → East Asia
Citrus → Meditteranean
💡Compare and contrast the trade routes
💡Explain the causes and effects of growth of networks of exchange after 1200
Improved commercial practices led to an increase in amount of trade and the geographical area of existing trade routes
New forms of credit and money economies
Saqq/sakk
Banking houses
Provided loans and money conversions
Paper money
Caravanseria and oasis towns
This resulted in new trading cities
Kashgar
Samarkand
Baghdad
Hangzhou
The growth of interregional trade in luxury goods was encouraged by innovations in previously existing transport and commercial technology
Caravanserai
Forms of credit
Money economies
Systems of exchange where currency is used as a medium of trade instead of barter.
Demand for luxury goods increased across Afroeurasia
Merchants and artisans expanded production of goods like textiles and porcelains for export.
Manufacturing of steel and iron in China increased
💡Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time
💡Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time
💡Explain the significance of the Mongol Empire in larger patterns of continuity and change
Empires collapsed, and some were taken over by the Mongols (Khanates)
The expansion of empires facilitated trade and communication as new people were drawn into economies and trade networks when land was conquered
Interregional contacts and conflicts btwn states and empires caused the exchange of tech and culture
Involuntary and voluntary
Transfer of Islamic medical knowledge to Western Europe
Numbering systems to Europe
Uyghur script
Mongolian script borrowed from Uighurs
💡Explain the causes and effects of growth of networks of exchange after 1200
💡Explain the role of environmental factors in the development of networks of exchange in 1200-1450
Improved transport technology and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes, promoting the growth of powerful trading cities.
Kashgar
Samarkand
Baghdad
Hangzhou
Malacca
Swahili city states
Innovations in transport and commercial technology increased the demand for luxury goods
Compass
Astrolabe
Dhow ships
Junk ships
Diasporic communities were established along popular trade routes, where foreign and indigenous cultures influenced each other
Chinese merchant communities south asia
Zheng He - Fleet of many ships as a show of power
Knowledge on the environment increased trade
Using monsoon winds
💡Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time
Improved transport technology and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes
Camel saddles
Caravans
The expansion of empires facilitated trade and communication as new people were drawn into economies and trade networks when land was conquered
Mali
💡Explain the intellectual and cultural effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from 1200-1450
Increased cross-cultural interactions resulted in the diffusion of literary, artistic, cultural, scientific, and technological innovations.
Buddhism → East Asia
Hinduism + Buddhism → Southeast Asia
Islam → Sub-Saharan Africa
Gunpowder + Paper → West from China
All cities go through periods of urbanization and decline
Controlled by trade and productivity
Travelers wrote abt travels
Marco Polo
Ibn Buttata
Margery Kempe
💡Explain the environmental effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from 1200-1450
Trade also resulted in diffusion of communicable diseases, along with crops, innovations, culture, etc
Black death/Bubonic plague
Bananas → Africa
Champa Rice → East Asia
Citrus → Meditteranean
💡Compare and contrast the trade routes