southernazation

In her article southernization , Lynda Shaffer details how southerization effected various regions across the globe. Shaffer uses southernization to refer to the diverse process that stared in southern Asia and expanded from there to numerous places around the world. Southernization included countless interdependent strands of expansion. Metallurgical, the medical, and the literary were developments that were borrowed from India and Asia. Like westernization changing Europe, southernization changed southern Asia. By the 5th century southerization was well on its way. In India the one of the oldest developments was the cultivation of cotton and cotton textiles for export. Cotton was domesticated in the Middle East. Throughout the 1st through the 5th century cotton textiles became a strong demand in Africa, India, and Mediterranean. The next piece in the process of southernization was a new item for bullion. Siberia had been India’s number one source of gold, in central Asia they would traffic the gold so India had to find new sources of gold. Eventually the gold market got to the east African coast, drawing merchants to obtain gold. Sailors would ride the monsoons, and follow the wind patterns to get from place to place. The Malay sailors would sail north to the southern coast of china. They also may have been sailing east toward India, probably being the first to come into contact with India. Malay sailors traveled to east African waters by Madagascar, they speak now the same language as the Malay sailors. Around 400 C.E Malay sailors could be found in most parts of the world, without using compasses and just looking at the land, stars, wind patterns, and color of the water. Their ships were square built and mounted so they could track against the wind. Malay sailors, and Indian traders were the reason for opening up sea routes to china, they had a desire for obtaining silk. During this period of time Indians discovered how to crystalize sugar. There was a