International Trade Development 600 BCE - 600 CE PDF

DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 600 BCE – 600 CE Page 21 of your notebook Rome Sassanid/Persian Han China  THE BASICS Development of classical empires = increased connections between peoples Involved the transfer of technologies and religion...

DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 600 BCE – 600 CE Page 21 of your notebook Rome Sassanid/Persian Han China  THE BASICS Development of classical empires = increased connections between peoples Involved the transfer of technologies and religions between regions  FACTORS OF TRADE Geography Determined what goods, where, and who exchanged Climates determines: Where valuable resources found Types of plants grown Where seaports, mountain passes, and oases are located  WHY TRADE OCCURS Trade happens because people want goods Example: Salt—used to preserve food before refrigeration Merchants willing to make difficult journeys in hopes of making a nice profit Afro-Eurasian network = web Wealthy Romans buy silk made in China → merchants transport silk and other goods for a couple hundred miles → hand off goods to next caravan and get paid → head back home to repeat the process Silk, tea, spices, salt relayed from town to town until it reached its final destination THE SILK ROADS ROUTES OF THE SILK ROAD (RED)  THE SILK ROAD Most extensive of the land-based trade routes in the world Named because of the highly valued silk traded Other items: Horses, spices, furs, ivories, tea, porcelain (china), cotton, rice, camels, glass, gold, fur cattle, olive oil, perfumes Exchange of grains and fabrics across Eurasia = changed farming techniques crops in new regions Qanat system—form of irrigation, transports water from below ground to the surface in arid regions Merchants and missionaries from S. Asia introduced Buddhism Han empire in decline—many people converted Disease such as the bubonic plague frequently crosses the Afro-Eurasia routes SAHARA CARAVAN ROUTES TRANS-SAHARAN ROUTES  TRANS-SAHARAN ROUTES Commerce across North Africa Introduction of the camel Means of transporting goods Major increase in trade 600-1450, Islam was carried into the Trans-Saharan region along the trade routes North-South Eurasian Routes Connected the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea Constantinople (Byzantine capital) was a crossroads that linked exchange routes together SEA NETWORKS Africa, Europe, and Asia  INDIAN OCEAN TRADING NETWORK (BLUE)  INDIAN OCEAN TRADING NETWORK Largest sea trading area in the world until 1400s Connected SE Asia and China to Africa, the Middle East, and S. Asia Major conveyor of Buddhism from S. Asia into East and SE Asia Muslim merchants/missionaries spread Islam from the Middle East to S. Asia and East and SE Asia Similar items on the land routes carried on the sea routes  INDIAN OCEAN TRADING NETWORK Sea trade depended on ocean currents and wind Natural clock helped merchants plan timing and content of shipments Arab shipbuilding and navigational skills spread quickly DHOWS—small seaworthy Arab ships using a triangular lateen sail MED. SEA AND BLACK SEA NETWORKS  MEDITERRANEAN TRADING AREAS Started by Egyptians and Phoenicians—continued by Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines, the trade network in the Mediterranean was vast and long-lasting Traded: olives, pottery, glass, woodwork, leather, wool textiles Merchants traded gold, ivory, salt, copper, and slaves Christianity was carried to east/west Europe and Africa on foot by missionaries and merchants  BLACK SEA TRADING AREAS The Black Sea also important as it coastlines on Europe and Asia Constantinople one of the largest ports of exchange Merchants carried goods from the Silk Roads, the Mediterranean and Russia 600-1450 merchants unwittingly carried the bubonic plague into western Europe