unit 2 Flashcards
what were networks of exchange
trade routes, that spread, goods, culture, religion, innovations, technologies, silk, porcelain (increased want for luxury goods it was expensive to trade so they wanted to trade goods that made a good profit)
what innovations led to the increase of trade along the silk road?
-transportation innovations: Caravanserai: guess houses for merchants to stay in along the silk road, provided safety (brought merchants from different culture together
-commercial practices (buying and selling products= easier
-using paper money (money economies)
-banks and deposits and new forms of credit, banking houses
what did the silk road trade routed lead to
rise of powerful trading cities like kashgar(build around a river, grew and power in wealth)
What are monsoon winds along the indian ocean trade routes
They are winds that blew in one direction or the other at predictable times of the year and they helped with navigation
what technological innovations led to increased
trade on the Indian Ocean?
-magnetic compass that helped merchants know what direction they are going
-astrolabe: tool that was used to merchants stars and compare then to star charts (help with latitude and longtuidte)
-new ship designs: with huge cargo that can transport a large amount of goods at once
what commercial practices led to increased
trade on the Indian Ocean?
-various forms of credit
what are the swahili city states
independent cite state along africa coast
- brokers for goods from inside africa (gold, ivory, inslaved people)
-became islamic connected to dar al islam
what are diasporic communities
a selltement of the same group of people in somewhere other than there homeland (most of the time merchants)
-diasporic mercant communites devolped where they married african woman leading to the spread of islam and the devoplemnt of the swahili lanague
who is zheng he
was sent by chinas ming dyansty and was sent to add people to chinas tributary system (transfer of navgation tools and ship building to the places he visited)
What innovations led to
increased trade on the TransSaharan trade networks?
Camel Saddles were improved to carry larger cargo loads across the
desert.
How did Trans-Saharan trade lead
to the growth of cities and states?
The Empire of Mali grew very rich through its connections to Dar alI slam, the gold trade, and taxing trade routes in West Africa. An example
of this power and wealth can be found in Mansa Musa who monopolized
trade routes making Mali grow very rich and leading to expanded trade
networks.
What cultural transfers were
the result of increased
connections c
- Religion spread. For example, the spread of Islam and Hinduism into
Southeast Asia.
-Buddhism spread from South Asia to China on the Silk
Road through merchants and missionaries.
-Literary & Artistic transfers. For example, the works of ancient Greece
and Rome were translated into Arabic in Baghdad’s House of Wisdom
and (later transferred back to Europe helping to spur the Renaissance).
What was the most significant
innovation or technological transfer
that took place due to increased
trade
The most significant was gunpowder which traveled from China all the
way west by Muslims and Mongols.
Who were some of the travelers
that left a record of their travels
c. 1200 to c. 1450 and why were
they significant?
Marco Polo and Margery Kempe work here, but Ibn Battuta was a
Muslim scholar from Morocco who traveled for 30 years all over Dar
al-Islam writing about the different cultures he saw. His account gave
scholars a first hand account of what life was like in this time period.
What kind of political impact
did the Mongols have?
