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Beginning in the year 300, numerous
inventions, goods, ideas, and religions
were starting to spread from
their regions of origin.
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By the end of the 1300s, many of these important ideas and useful
things had spread all across
Africa, Europe and Asia…
…That spread of ideas and things is part
of cultural exchange.
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Trade was closely
linked to cultural
exchange.
Empires supported trade in Africa,
Europe and Asia. Merchants traveled great distances in search of wealth.
A trade route is a path along which goods are transported from one area to another.
Medieval Trade Routes
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The number of cities grew, as well The number of cities grew, as well as trade networks between them.as trade networks between them.
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Discovered new information about other cultures as the result of trade.
Born to wealthy Italian merchants
Left Italy in 1271 and traveled for 27 years.
When he returned to Italy he brought information about other cultures.
The Route of Marco Polo
The discoveries of Marco Polo, and others like him, changed the world by making people more interested in other cultures.
The Silk Road connected China and Europe
It connected these regions from around 100 BC to the 1500s AD.
The following items were traded along the Silk Road:
Porcelain, silk, ivory, gold, spices, musical instruments, grain, fruit, cloth, herds of horses, and many other things.
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How did expanding trade networks bring about cultural exchanges in Africa, Europe
and Asia?
•Trade helped spread Trade helped spread religions, languages, religions, languages, ideas, and arts.ideas, and arts.
•Cities and manufacturing Cities and manufacturing centers grew bigger.centers grew bigger.
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If you had to put the
changes in this time into one
sentence, what would it be?
You might say that by 1500 the world was connected,
right?
But wait! We still But wait! We still haven’t said much haven’t said much
about the about the Americas!Americas!
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Well…the Americas and Africa, Europe, and Asia were
not yet permanently
linked together.
…not until 1492 . . .
When Columbus set sail across the
Atlantic . . .
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The Americas had fewer people than Africa, Europe,
and Asia - the two land masses were geographically isolated
from each other. Developments in the two
regions were similar in some ways and different in others.
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In any case, the Americas were also a region of active human connections.
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Sciences like astronomy, mathematics and engineering were developed.
Mayans developed a writing system and the Aztecs developed a calendar.
Trade routes connected regions.
Mining, irrigation, and agricultural technologies developed.
Crops like potatoes, maize, tomatoes, cotton, and chocolate were grown.
Inca Inca GoldGold
Corn & PotatoesCorn & Potatoes
Mayan Mayan CalendarCalendar
Mississippian Mississippian MicaMica
Moche Moche CeramicCeramic
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Aztec Empire
Mayan States
Inca Empire
States and States and Empires in Empires in
the the Americas in Americas in
1500 1500
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It had to happen sooner or later!It had to happen sooner or later!
At the very end of the Middle Ages
and the beginning of the next era
(the Renaissance), European
mariners set out on trans-oceanic voyages to the
Americas.
Those voyages linked the Americas with Africa, Europe and
Asia for the first time since the migrations
of people over 13,000 years earlier!
This began when Columbus returned to Spain in 1493
This is the exchange of plants, animals, and people between Europe and the Americas
Sparked the migration of people
Spread new European diseases to Native American populations
The exchange of new products and ideas prompted economic growth in Europe
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Is that why people from
Africa, Europe and Asia
discovered the Americas, and
not the opposite?
Stern-Stern-rudderrudder
CompassCompass
Lateen SailLateen Sail
MapmakingMapmakingCultural exchange in Africa, Europe and Asia before 1500 CE made possible the technologies that in turn permitted transoceanic voyages.