300-1450 C.E. The trades of Mediterranean Sea‚ Trans-Saharan‚ Indian Ocean and Silk Road played a dominant role in trade networks. There were changes but also continuities The need for trade for the Trans-Saharan area began in 800 B.C.E. The importance of this trade were to trade items such as gold‚ slaves‚ ebony‚ coffee beans‚ iron‚ colored dye‚ leather‚ camels‚ wheat and barley. The developments they used and based on during this trade were camel caravans‚ the spread of Dar Al-Islam‚ expansion of
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AP WORLD HISTORY COMP ESSAY 2: Compare and contrast the impact of two trans-national exchanges of trade goods‚ beliefs‚ and/or disease on empire: Mediterranean Sea Lanes- on the Roman or Athenian Empires Eurasian Silk Roads- on the Roman‚ Qin‚ Han‚ Maurya‚ or Gupta Empires Indian Ocean Sea Lanes- on the Maurya or Gupta Empires Tran-Saharan Caravan Routes- on the Roman Empire Thesis: 1. Preview 2. 2 Trade routes 3. Impact on empire (good/beliefs/or disease) Brain Storming: Silk Road: Han-
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Culture and Society The culture of Timbuktu was structured due to specific roles each member was given. Women and girls were responsible for the home and cooking. They could not have the privilege of education‚ for it was strictly for men. Girls would marry at 13 and were raised in preparation of being a wife and mother. Timbuktu became a common meeting place for traders and travelers due to the location of the out of range floods of the Niger River. Islam spread through Africa by travelers and
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they trade with and what did they cultivate?What did Africa‚ Somalia‚ Persian Gulf‚ Oman‚ India and Southeast Asia trade?What cause bilingual/bicultural families in Southeast Asia?What animals were on the earliest paintings on rock walls from Early Saharan cultures?Why do
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In 300 CE the trade routes of Africa and Eurasia were increasing in complexity‚ as they became major arteries for the exchange of goods and ideas over long distances. The trade networks of these regions consistently enabled the spread of religious ideas far beyond their original homelands. Networks like the Trans-Saharan‚ Indian Ocean‚ and Silk Road systems always brought wealth to foreign products that enabled local producers to specialize in items best suited to their regions. Yet‚ the risk of
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the east. The West African kingdoms experienced many changes‚ such as their beliefs changing from animism to Islam‚ making them organized states‚ while these kingdoms maintained traditional methods of trade. As well as having the advantage of trade routes‚ all four kingdoms benefited from their natural resources‚ such as gold‚ salt‚ and fertile land. Although the greatest influence of the West African Kingdoms’ development in Pre-Islamic Ghana‚ Ghana‚ Mali‚ and Songhai resulted from
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military force/government. Along all the land routes and sea routes‚ such as the trans-Saharan trade route‚ many products were traded. For example‚ products such as gold‚ salt‚ ivory‚ animal skins‚ etc. Aksum’s location by the Red Sea provided it with a large coastline and ports which gave access to the Indian Ocean as well as the Mediterranean Sea. Since Aksum was surrounded by water‚ it was easier to get products place by place using caravans. The only way for the Arabs and the Wangara to trade
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What is important from Unit 1? AR ----- (neolithia Rev) 10‚000—8‚000BCE Hunter-gather to settled community Small nomadic‚ gender equality ////domesticate plants animals‚ gender inequity‚ specialization (lead to
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Timbuktu was and still is located in Mali‚ Africa. It served its importance in 1300-1600 BCE. through scholars‚ trade‚ and architectural achievements. The importance of scholars‚ wealth‚ trade and architectural achievements‚ along with the influential people made Timbuktu one of the most important cities in the post-classical world. One of the scholars at this time was Al-Rahman‚ who was an Arab scholar who visited Timbuktu. He found that scholars of Timbuktu were more knowledgeable in Islamic teachings
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Arabs were people who came from the northern part of the peninsula‚ and inhabited the area in which the Romans resided. They lived in autonomous tribes and survived by raiding passing caravans‚ sheepherding‚ and gaining the domestication of the camel. About the first millennium B.C.E‚ the Bedouin- Arabs engaged in caravan trade‚ and became one of the leading carriers of goods between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. (Duiker and Spielvogel 193) During the pre-Islamic times‚ the Arabs were
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