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Commerce and Culture500-1500
AP World History Notes
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Trade: 500-1500
Long-distance trade developedThis trade shaped culture and societyTrade = mostly indirect
Chain of separate transactions Goods traveled father than merchants
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Significance of Trade: Economic
Altered consumption Ex: West Africans now able to get salt to
flavor and preserve their food
Changed the day-to-day lives of individuals Ex: trade specialization --> led to less self-
sufficiency and more dependency
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Significance of Trade:Social
Traders became their own social group Sometimes viewed suspiciously --> why are they
making money without making the goods?
Trade became a means of social mobility Money = land = power and status
Trade used by elite groups to distinguish themselves from commoners Only they could afford luxury goods from far away
like silk or ivory
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Significance of Trade:Political
Controlling and taxing trade motivated the creation of states and kingdoms
Wealth from trade sustained these states and kingdoms and facilitated their growth
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What Else Was “Traded”?
Religious ideasTechnological innovationsDisease-bearing germsPlants and animals
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The Silk Roads
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The Silk Roads: GrowthResult = steppe products traded for
agricultural products and manufactured goods from inner Eurasia Birth of the Silk Roads trade network
Hides, furs, livestock, wool, amber, horses,
saddles
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The Silk Roads: GrowthConstruction of classical civilizations
and empires added major players to this trade network Persian Empire, Greek Empire, Roman
Empire, Han dynasty, Gupta Empire Result = Silk Roads continued to grow
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The Silk Roads: Goods
Most goods traded = luxury goods rather than staple goods
Destined for an elite and wealthy market
Only goods worth transporting with such high transportation costs
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The Silk Roads: GoodsSilk = major product in
high demandChina had a silk
monopoly until the 500s --> then others gained knowledge of silk production Increased the supply of
silk along the Silk Roads
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Silk Makes the WorldGo ‘Round
Used as currency in Central Asia
Became a symbol of high status in both China and the Byzantine Empire
Used in the expanding religions of Buddhism and Christianity Ex: worn by Buddhist monks Ex: silk altar covers in Christian
churches
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The Silk Roads: Goods
Volume of trade = smallBut social and economic impact of trade
= big Ex: peasant in China produced luxury
goods instead of crops Ex: merchants could make enormous
profits
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The Silk Roads: Cultures
Major result of trade along the Silk Roads = the spread of Buddhism
From India to Central & East Asia
Spread by Indian traders and Buddhist monks
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The Silk Roads: BuddhismSpread to oases cities in
Central Asia Voluntarily converted Buddhism gave these small
cities a link to the larger, wealthy, and prestigious civilization of India
Many of these cities became centers of learning and commerce
Buddhist temple in Dunhuang (an oases
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The Silk Roads: Buddhism
Transformation of Buddhism Original faith = shunned
the material world Now Buddhism = filled
with wealthy monks, elaborate and expensive monasteries, and so on
Buddhist monastery in China
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The Silk Roads: Buddhism
What type of Buddhism spread? MAHAYANA! Buddha = a deity Many bodhisattvas Emphasis on
compassion
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The Silk Roads: Disease
Long-distance trade = resulted in exposure to unfamiliar diseases
Athens (430-429 BCE) = widespread epidemic; killed 25% of the army
Roman & Han Empires = measles and smallpox devastated both populations
Mediterranean World (534-750 CE) = devastated by bubonic plague from India
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The Black Death
Spread due to the Mongol Empire’s unification of most of Eurasia (13th-14th centuries)
Could have been bubonic plague, anthrax, or collection of epidemic diseases
1346-1350 = killed 1/3 of European population
Similar death toll in China & parts of Islamic world
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The Sand RoadsTrans-Saharan
trade routeLinked North
Africa and the Mediterranean world with West Africa
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Trans-Saharan TradeLike the Silk and Sea Roads
this trade begins as a result of environmental variation
What does each region have to offer? North African coastal areas =
cloth, glassware, weapons, books
Sahara region = copper and salt Savanna grasslands = grain
crops Sub-Saharan forests = tree
crops like yam and kola nuts
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Trans-Saharan TradeMade possible by the CAMEL!1st traders = camel-owning
people from desert oasesMajor traders became = North
African Muslim ArabsWhat did they come to West
Africa and sub-Saharan Africa for? GOLD!, ivory, kola nuts, slaves Gave in return: SALT!, horses,
cloth, weapons, tools
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CaravansAs many as 5,000
camelsHundreds of peopleTravelling at nightLength of journey =
about 70 days15-20 miles walked
per day
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Construction of EmpiresNew wealth and resources
from trans-Saharan trade allowed some regions to construct large empires or city-states
Between 500 and 1600 CEMajor empires = Mali,
Ghana, and Songhai
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Cities Within the Kingdoms West Africa gained
wealth of trans-Saharan trade
Urban and commercial centers Traders met and
exchanged goods there Centers of
manufacturing Items created: beads,
iron tools, cotton textiles, etc.
Largely Islamic
Mosque in Timbuktu (in Mali)
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Classical Era Variations:Africa
500 BCE - 1200 CE
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Early AfricaFew written records of
early African peopleHistorians learn about
early African people through oral traditions = legends & history passed by word of mouth through generations
We also learn about them through art and artifacts that have been left behind
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Geography & Environment
African continent is 3 times larger than the U.S.
Contains deserts, mountains, grasslands, river valleys, rainforests, etc.
5 regions (N, S, E, W, and Central)
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Geography & Environment
Sahara Desert in the north = the world’s largest desert
Another major desert = the Kalahari in the south
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Geography & Environment
South of the Sahara lies a great plateau = high, flat area = called the Sahel Sahel = covered
by savannas = treeless grasslands
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Geography & Environment
Tropical rainforests in central Africa
Major highlands and mountains in eastern Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya
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Geography & Environment
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Geography and Environment
As a result of Africa’s size and environmental variations, many separate societies, cultures, and civilizations grew throughout Africa
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Africa’s Proximity to Others
Close to Eurasia and Arabia
This facilitated trade, interaction, and cultural diffusion
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Africa in the Classical Era
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Nubian CivilizationNubia = along the southern
Nile; south of EgyptHad close contact with
Egyptians; trade, cultural diffusion, and warfare between the two Tombs of Nubian kings found
with gold, jewelry, and pottery from Egypt
Same objects (like eating utensils) found in both civilizations
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Nubian CivilizationGovernment = all-powerful
monarchGained wealth and military
power from trading to the north via the Nile and to the east and west via camel caravans
Flourished from 300 BCE to 100 CE
Meroe Pyramids
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Urban Center
Merchants
Weavers
Potters
Iron workers
Masons
Servants
Laborers
Slaves
Nubian Civilization
Rural Areas
Herders & farmers
Rain-based agriculture
Like Meroe
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Nubian Civilization
Fell apart in the centuries following 100 CE due to: Deforestation Conquest by the neighboring state of Axum
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AxumLocated along the Red
SeaVery productive
agricultural system Plow-based farming Made wheat, barley, millet,
and teff
Became a trading power in Red Sea and Indian Ocean Commerce
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AxumMany cities/ports on the East
African coast got products from the African interior to sell in the Indian Ocean trading network Ivory, rhinoceros horns,
tortoiseshells, obsidian, slaves, etc.
Placed taxes on these items to bring in more revenue
Axumite Coins
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AxumKnown for their stone
obelisks Royal grave markers Funeral monuments
As a result of its trade connections, it absorbed parts of Roman culture, including Christianity
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Axum Decline
Started to decline in the 600s CE due to: Soil exhaustion and
erosion Deforestation Rise and spread of
Islam
Heart of Islam
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Niger River ValleyCity-based civilizationBiggest city = Jenne-jeno
(about 40,000 people)NO monarch, emperor, or
other kind of leader controlling the cities
NOT city-states because each city did NOT have its own individual monarch and/or bureaucracy Statue excavated from
site of Jenne-jeno
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City “Clusters”:Set Up of a Typical City
Larger Central Town
Iron Smiths
Clusters of economically specialized settlements
surrounded a larger central town
Cotton Weavers
PottersLeather Workers
Griots
(Praise-singers who preserved and recited the oral traditions of their socieites)
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Niger River Valley
Artisan communities became occupational castes Skills and jobs were passed down to
children Only allowed to marry within your own
group
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Bantu MigrationsPeople left West Africa for less populated areasSettled all across southern and western AfricaCalled the Bantu Migrations because -
descendants of the people that migrated shared elements of a language known as Bantu
These people brought their culture & knowledge as they migrated
Bantu languages became dominant south of the Sahara
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Bantu Migrations
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Bantu Migrations
Bantu people were able to displace, absorb, or eliminate hunter-gatherers they encountered due to:
1) Agriculture - they had a productive economy and could sustain a larger number of people in a small area
2) Iron -- used it to make tools and weapons
3) Disease -- they brought infectious diseases (like malaria) with them
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Bantu Africa
Bantu-speaking people became divided into hundred of ethnic groups
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Bantu ReligionBantu people focused on
ancestral and nature spirits
Power of dead ancestors accessed through sacrifice rituals
Charms also used -- could be activated to control the rains, defend the village, achieve success in hunting, etc.
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Bantu ArtsSculpture was an
important art formMasks worn at dances &
ceremonies -- symbolized link between living & dead
Music was important --> choral singing, dances for ceremonies