specialized in porcelain and silk. They traded these through the Silk Road and mainly traded with Southeast Asia. Africa on the other hand traded mainly salt and gold. Most importantly‚ they started the trading of slaves. They used the Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean trade routes mostly. Both were fairly successful economically‚ but China had the advantage of greater discoveries in technology advancements such as‚ paper‚ writing‚ gunpowder‚ and the compass. All common objects used today. Although this is
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Silk Road was a merchants’ heaven and a consumers’ dream. A place wherecultural diffusion was a natural occurrence and different rich cultures could both spread and blend with freedom and prosperity. This global marketplace was took hundreds of years tostart and played a major factor our cultural past. Due to the combination of people‚ products‚ideas‚ and modes of transit‚ the first global marketplace was able to widely spread differentcultural ideas‚ beliefs‚ and lifestyles across Europe and Asia
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The Silk Road‚ once a popular trade route‚ slowly was overshadowed by the growing Indian Ocean trade. The Indian Ocean trade route was more efficient‚ easier to travel‚ and much faster. Meanwhile the Silk Road became less traveled because of its harsh geography‚ the spread of disease‚ and the fall of the empires that supported the trade. Differences in geography caused the Silk Road to decline and expanded the Indian Ocean trade. Both routes experienced different kinds of difficulties. The Silk
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most of it is barren desert with small oases and a small strip of proper land in the South bordering the Indian Ocean. For this reason the Arabs usually traded between the South and North by caravans of camels using traditional trade routes and using ships from India to Aden in the South. A lot of the caravans carrying goods would also be sent to and from Mecca and Syria to the Byzantine Empire in the North or the Sassanian Empire in the West‚ as these two towns were chief half-way points between
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Suleiman the Magnificent The Ottoman Empire was an empire lasting from 1299 to 1923. Osman was leading the small Ottoman Empire in 1299 in western Anatolia and he was slowly extending his settlements away from his Muslim neighbors. It was not allowed for Muslims to kill other Muslims. He had a number of soldiers called the Ghazis who were brave‚ loyal and fearless. These solders helped Osman tread into unknown land and spread his rule. Osman’s name was becoming more known and after his death‚ people
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spread of Islam occurred in the trans- Saharan area in Africa. The spread of Islam impacted many of these societies‚ affecting the rule of kings‚ changing the daily lives of many people‚ and changing the religions. However‚ these changes did not transpire by themselves. The spread of Islam was possible because of the trade and merchants in the Sahara‚ the many kings and their servicemen‚ and the journey to Mecca made by Mansa Musa. Merchants and trade in the trans-Saharan areas helped diffuse Islam.
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trade routes flourished and also promoted the growth of new trading cities‚ which expanded the grasp of commercialization. A profound change may be the growth of interregional trade‚ which sparked the expansion of luxury trade (A). As more of Africa became unveiled‚ specifically the western coast and the eastern coast of sub-Saharas‚ the continent became very popular among the world network (A). Africa primarily exported luxuries to Europe and sometimes the Middle East via caravan routes (E).
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Dean Yeostros Silk Road Essay 10-12-12 Period 6 During the time between 300 C.E. and 1450 C.E. the trade routes between the Eurasian landmass and Africa were primarily along the Silk Road which ran from Eastern China to the Middle East. The sea based trade was also very large between India and Africa. These trade routes were affected by factors such as religion‚ the extensive trade of precious items and the rise and fall of several empires. But through it all‚ there
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HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA Overview The history of West Africa is the long history of human movements‚ incursions‚ displacements‚ intermixtures of peoples‚ and of the impact of these on the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ social and political organization to the peoples West Africa. The history of West Africa can be divided into three major periods: first‚ its prehistory‚ second‚ colonial period‚ in which Great Britain and France controlled nearly the whole of the region and the post-independence era‚ in
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African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam •The spread of Islam in Africa linked its regions to the outside world through trade‚ religion‚ and politics •States like Mali and Songhai are built on military power and dynastic alliances •Parts of sub-Saharan Africa entered into the expanding world network; many others remained isolated •Christianity and Islam sometimes influenced political and cultural development Empires of the Western Sudan (West/Northwest Africa) th th Ghana: 4 – 11 centuries
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