2. WHICH EMPIRES USED THE SILK ROAD
ROMAN EMPIRE-HAN DYNASTY
(INF FACT, THE GREAT WALL WAS STARTED BY THE QIN EMPIRE TO PROTECT THE SILK ROAD)
2. THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
3. THE ENTIRE Muslim EMPIRE

4. WHAT WAS TRANSPORTED ON THE SILK ROAD?
DIFFERENT GOODS
SIL, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, GUNPOWDER, PAPER, TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, JEWELS, SPICES ETC.

6. DIFFERENT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES LIKE LEMONS, LIMES AND GRAPES CAME FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE

7. JEWLERY CAME FROM INDIA.

8. OLIVE OIL CAME FROM GREECE

9. ALMONDS AND DATES CAME FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

11. REMEMBER: KING ASOKA BECAME A BUDDHIST AFTER HE KILLED 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE MAURYAN EMPIRE

13. ASOKA BUILDS MANY BUDDHIST SHRINES KNOWN AS STUPAS
ASOKA BUILDS MANY BUDDHIST SHRINES KNOWN AS STUPAS. HE ALSO BUILDS SMALL HOUSES ALONG THE ROADS SO THAT BUDDHIST MONKS WOULD HAVE SOMEPLACE TO STAY WHILE THEY TRAVELLED.

14. THE SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE

17. THE INDIAN OCEAN

20. WHO TRADED WHAT ON THE INDIAN OCEAN
Region
Products Contributed to Indian Ocean Commerce
Mediterranean basin
ceramics, glassware, wine, gold, olive oil
East Africa
ivory, gold, iron goods, slaves, tortoiseshells, quartz, leopard skins
Arabia
frankincense, myrrh, perfumes
India
grain, ivory, precious stones, cotton textiles, spices, timber,tortoiseshells
Southeast Asia
tin, sandlewood, cloves, nutmeg, mace
China
silks, porcelain, tea

21. THE SAHARA DESERT

27. People don’t know this but the Sahara desert has huge deposits of SALT

28. AND WEST AFRICA HAD A LOT OF GOLD

29. AND NORTH AFRICA MADE A LOT OF GLASSWARE, CLOTHES, DIFFERENT WEAPOSN, AND OTHER MANUFACTUED GOODS.

30. -ROUTES ACROSS THE DESERT ARE CALLED TRANS-SAHARAN ROUTES
-EVERYTHING BELOW THE SAHARA IS CALLED SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -

31. SOMETIMS ITS ALSO CALLED THE SUDAN
THE LITTLE AREA BETWEEN THE 2, BETWEEN DESERT AND JUNGLE, IS CALLED THE SAHEL
SOMETIMS ITS ALSO CALLED THE SUDAN

32. WITH ALL OF THIS TRADE AFRICA WILL GET 2 HUGE EMPIRES:
1. GHANA: WHICH MEANS “LAND OF GOLD”

33. EAST AFRICA IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE SWAHILI COAST.

34. **REMEMBER, ISLAM COMES TO WEST AFRICA PEACEFULLY!!!
MALI: WHICH WAS LATER TAKEN OVER BY Muslim ARMIES WHICH CREATED THE HUGE MOSQUES OF TIMBUKTU
**REMEMBER, ISLAM COMES TO WEST AFRICA PEACEFULLY!!!

35. SLAVERY ALSO BECAME A HUGE TRADE ACROSS THE SAHARA: