AP World History Focus Questions for Key Concepts Period 3: Regional and Trans regional Interactions‚ c. 600 to c. 1450 CE Key Concept 3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks Answer Concepts & Relevant Factual Examples in Underline “Factoids” How did trade networks in the post-Classical Era compare to the Classical Era? Even though the Americas and Afro-Eurasia stayed separated‚ this era saw a deepening and widening of old and new networks of human interaction
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Compare and contrast the Indian ocean (Swahili city-states)‚ trans-Saharan (Sudanic states)‚ and silk road trade routes. III. Kingdoms of the Grasslands A. Introduction 1. Three coasts – Atlantic‚ Indian‚ savanna on edge of Sahara 2. Edge of desert 1. Gold found 2. Camels improved trade a. Sahel – grassland belt – best place to live – centers of trade 3. African states emerge as trade intermediaries 4. Location makes them open to droughts and attack 5. 10th century
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Many other states and kingdoms arose during this time but Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai achieved the status of fully-fledged‚ functioning and long-living conquest states and expansionist empires. These empires regulated the Trans-Saharan trade by offering protection for trade caravans as well as taxing slaves‚ gold‚ firearms‚ textiles and salt. Ghana reached its height by 1200 AD and was ruled by the Serahule people which eventually broke apart by in the 13th century. The Mali Empire was a Mandinka
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B. Submerging Differences 1. Made a confederacy based on the condolence ritual. 2. Sequence of bloody warfare lowered by peace. 3. Orgins date around A.D. 1400 II. First Americans A. C. 13‚000-2500 B.C. B. New worlds a. Two routes to get too America. b. Most arrived in multiple migrations. c. First settled in Alaska and NorthWestern Canada. C. Many resources in the “new world” III. Cultural Diversity A. Mesoamerica and south America a. Developed methods
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{Interactions along the Silk Road from 200 B.C.E to 1450 C.E. shaped and changed many religions‚ technologies‚ cultures‚ and goods. However‚ the continuous flow of all these things never stopped.} The Silk Roads helped open up the the East Asia to Western culture‚ which allowed the spreading of ideas‚ religions‚ technologies‚ etc. This was the start of globalization‚ different countries could now trade with each other and learn new things. The change in social hierarchy within women and merchants
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Between Humans and Environment As part of the Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean trade networks‚ technology‚ ways of farming‚ and diseases spread. For example‚ Bantu people spread from central to southern Africa along with iron and agriculture. One of the revolutionary technology that spread was Arabian camels that could survive 10 days without water‚ making it possible to travel across the Sahara. Large groups of merchants traveled together forming early caravans. Also‚ irrigation systems allowed produce
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led to the development of more complex economic and social systems 2. Compare and contrast the locations of first Agricultural societies‚ the plants and animals they domesticated and their impact on the environment (Mesopotamia‚ Nile River‚ Sub-Saharan Africa‚ Indus River‚ Huang He valley and Mesoamerica) Agriculture and Pastoralism began to transform human societies 3. Describe and evaluate the changes in demography‚ social structure and technology that accompany
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much better trade networks and especially much more trade routes then Classical Era. Pastoral and Nomadic groups played a huge role because they kept everything moving spreading culture and technology. Q. What Classical era trade networks continued during the post-classical era‚ and which new cities were added during the post-Classical era? A. Existing trade routes flourished including the Silk Roads‚ the Mediterranean Sea‚ trans-Saharan and the Indian Ocean Basin‚ and promoted the growth of powerful
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attempts across the Sahara with camel caravans. They used India as a “middle-man” for trade to China‚ and they also had limited trade with the Islamic nations. Islamic traders were to the north of the Saharan Desert; but since it was rather dangerous to trade‚ they didn’t do trans-Saharan trade as often. The introduction of Islam in around 800 C.E. changed Western Africa. Islam entered Africa through a variety of ways; traders came in Africa from the Saharan desert and sometimes through the coast
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continuities involving their methods of trade. Among these changes and continuities technological advancements were made and cultural and political aspects were also affected. At the beginning‚ there were primary trade routes and the exclusive trade they had. Primary trade routes were between Europe and North Africa and through the Indian Ocean. In Africa‚ soon Egypt rose in power and become an empire. It was at the top of the trade because of how much power and control it had. However‚ Eurasia was
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