Unit 2 Flashcards
Connected through the Gobi Desert and mountain passes in China and Central Asia to Southwest Asia and Europe; specialized in luxury goods.
Silk Road Trade Route
Dependent upon Monsoon winds; linked East Asia with Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Southwest Asia; merchants exchanged goods too heavy to transport on land.
Indian Ocean Trade Route
From North Africa and the Mediterranean Basin across the desert to West and East Africa; merchants traded salt from North Africa with gold from the kingdoms south of the desert.
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Luxury Goods like silk, gunpowder and horses
Silk Road Trade Route
More common goods like gold, fruit and rice
Indian Ocean Trade Route
Goods like horses, salt and slaves
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Technology like saddles and Caravanserai
Silk Roads
More navigational technology like the astrolabe, compass, rudder and Lateen sail
Indian Ocean Trade Route
Technology like saddles and camels
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Relgion like Buddhism, Neoconfucianism and Islam
Silk Road Trade Route
Relgion like Buddhism, Neoconfucianism, Islam and Christianity
Indian Ocean Trade Route
Mainly just Islam spread
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Chang’an
Silk Road Trade Route
Samarkand
Silk Road Trade Route
Aleppo
Silk Road Trade Route
