Regional Interactions between 1000-1500 CE

World Trade connections developed between 1000-1500 CE

What major encounters between Western Europe and the East led to trade between West and East?

The Crusades. Traders followed the CrusadersEast bringing by Middle Eastern goods. This Increased demand for trade.

Six Major Trade Routes developed between 1000-1500 AD

•Silk roads across Asia to the Mediterranean basin•Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean•Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa•Northern European links with the Black Sea•Western European sea and river trade•South China sea and lands of Southeast Asia

The Silk Road and Indian Ocean Trade

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Trans-Saharan Trade

What two products did Traders come to Timbuktu/Ghana/Mali for? Gold and Salt

What was exchanged along all of these trade routes?

GoldPorcelain

SpicesGoods Technology

Paper

Ideas

Buddhism

Goods

Gold from West AfricaSpices from lands around the Indian OceanTextiles from India, China, the Middle East and later EuropePorcelain from China and PersiaAmber from the Baltic Region

Silk

Amber

Technology •Paper from China through Muslim world to Byzantium and Western Europe•New Crops from India (e.g., for making sugar)•Waterwheels and windmills•Navigation – Compass from China, lateen sail from Indian Ocean

Ideas

•Spread of religions across the hemisphere

- Buddhism from China to Korea and Japan

-Hinduism and Buddhism from India to Southeast Asia

-Islam into West Africa, Central and Southeast Asia

•Printing and paper money from China

And the spread of ideas is called?

Cultural Diffusion