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The Human Web: Class Notes
Part VI – Spinning the worldwide web (1450-1800)
 Beginning in around 1450, peoples of the earth increasingly formed a more single community o This process is known as “globalization”
 As globalization continued, the process of specialization of labor became global
The World’s Webs as of 1450
 The web was created by migration, trade, missionary work, technology transfer, biological exchange, and military conquest o Encompassed Russia up to Siberia, Korea & Japan, England, Northern & Eastern Africa (but not far from the coast).
 There were two main trunk lines for trade: o The Silk Road: from N. China to the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
 This route declined due to conquering tribes creating fragmentation o By Sea: Korea, Japan, & China through SE Asian Isles, to the Persian Gulf & Red Sea
 The Eastern and Western extremities of the web strengthened due to shared advances in ship design and navigational skills o The rewards to trade of goods became greater, even in the case of bulk items like grain, salt, and timber o Inland waterways allowed for bulk trade to the interior o Due to rain patterns and lack of rivers, southwestern Asia and eastern Africa benefited less from these improvements and still relied heavily on overland caravans
 In the Pacific web, the reasons for the web were more political than commercial o Caused by the similarities between the islands, combined with the vast distances between
 The American web stretched from the Great Lakes to the southern Andes o Encompassed anywhere from 40-60 million people o Water transport was important o Two nodes: central Mexico (Aztec) and Peru (Inca)
 Aztec: Politically only influenced central Mexico, but culturally, influenced from Mexico to the Mississippi basin and southeastern woodlands of North America
 Inca: Influence spread from southern Columbia through northern Argentina and Chile both politically and culturally.
• Built overland road network of 15000-25000 miles
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