1. Eastern Hemisphere

2. TRADE MOST IMPORTANT! ► Important trade routes developed during the late Middle Ages that linked Africa, Asia, and Europe in new ways.  Silk Road connected Asia and Mediterranean nations  Maritime (water) routes via the Indian Ocean  Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa  North Europe linked by Black Sea  Western Europe seas and rivers  South China Sea connected Southeast Asia

3. What Goods were they Trading? ► Gold from West Africa ► Spices from India ► Textiles from India ► Paper and Porcelain from China and Persia ► **Amber from the Baltic region (Scandinavia)

4. JAPAN!!

5. Location, Location ► Japan is an archipelago:  Cluster of Islands (Japan has 4) ► Closeness to China and Korea makes trade and similar cultures easier!

6. Influence of Chinese Culture ► Writing ► Architecture ► Buddhism  About 91 million people in Japan still practice Buddhism!

7. Shintoism ► State religion of Japan which focuses on worshipping the emperor and ancestors  Animistic: Everything in nature has a spirit ► Majority of people who follow also practice Buddhism

8. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Under the Sahara 

9. Zimbabwe ► Location: Southern Africa, on the Indian Ocean coast.  Important Rivers!: Zambezi and Limpopo rivers ► City of “Great Zimbabwe” --capital of the prosperous empire.

10. West African kingdoms

11. ► Traded gold for salt via trans-Saharan routes with Europe and Middle East Mansa Musa

12. ► City of Timbuktu, Mali: center of trade and learning ► Important religions: Islam and animism-- the belief that everything have souls