1. Warmup Name a religion diffused by each of the following trade routes: Silk Road Trans-Saharan Indian Ocean Hanseatic League

2. Due Thursday 355-360 2 pages OR 6 terms Ming Empire Forbidden City Zheng He Ming voyages Technology transfers Ming achievements Significance 1. What is it? 2. What is it similar to? 3. What caused it, or what did it cause?

3. Growth of International Trade 1000-1500 CE

4. TRADE MAP c. 100 C.E.

5. THE POST-CLASSICAL CENTER Muslim World was the trade center Muslim countries linked all continents The Hajj came to link all Muslims together Quran is VERY favorable to merchants Exchanges not limited to goods Ideas Technology Diseases Populations

6. TRADE IN THE MUSLIM WORLD

7. ASIAN LAND TRADE ROUTES Silk Roads Across Central Asia Established during Han Dynasty by Nomads Chinese paid nomads tribute in silk, traded for horses Nomads traded silk, horses for glass, iron in West

8. AFRO-EURASIAN TRADE c. 1400 C.E.

9. TRANS-SAHARAN TRADE The Camel Made trade across desert possible Could carry great loads to trade From West Africa Gold, ivory, slaves, exotic feathers, spices Male slaves carried goods, then sold From Muslim North Africa Cloth, glass, metalwork, books Merchants, missionaries, travelers visited

10. AFRICAN TRADE NETWORKS Gold, Slaves, Ivory, Feathers Finished Goods, Iron Weapons, Books, Horses, Spices

11. SIGNIFICANCE OF TRANS-SAHARAN AND EAST AFRICAN TRADE Spread Civilization and Rise of Powerful African States Aided in the rise of West African Empires Ghana, Mali Provided most of Eurasia’s pre-Columbian gold, Islam’s slaves Spread Islam to West Africa

12. MARITIME TRADE ROUTES Maritime Routes co-existed with land routes Often safer than land because fewer stops Seas nevertheless were not as forgiving as the land Requirements to maintain Elimination of piracy Good navigation technology, knowledge of the seasons Items with high profit margins to exchange Cities on coast with protected harbors link to land routes Spread diseases

13. MAP OF THE VIKING WORLD LONGSHIP KNÓRR

14. EUROPEAN TRADE ROUTES North Sea/Baltic Trade Routes Hanseatic League: Northern German cities Maintained factories, trading depots in neighboring lands Cloth, wines, fish, timber, salt, iron, amber, copper

15. HANSEATIC TRADE ROUTES COG