final exam topic #4
Final Exam Topic #4
There were many traders ran through Africa and Eurasia during the time frame of 300-1450 C.E. The trades of Mediterranean Sea, Trans-Saharan, Indian Ocean and Silk Road played a dominant role in trade networks. There were changes but also continuities
The need for trade for the Trans-Saharan area began in 800 B.C.E. The importance of this trade were to trade items such as gold, slaves, ebony, coffee beans, iron, colored dye, leather, camels, wheat and barley. The developments they used and based on during this trade were camel caravans, the spread of Dar Al-Islam, expansion of Sudanic kingdoms such as Arab Berber traders, trade center in D’Tennet and Timbuktu and trade of luxury goods between Africans and Arabs.
The trade route of the Indian Ocean was very significant. This trade began in 300 B.C.E. This trade’s development including also the continuities and changes were knowledge of the monsoon, compass, astrolabes, better ship buildings, the spread of Dar Al-Islam trade centers in calculated Swahili city states and trade of luxury goods between Arabs, Africans and Indians. The currents and monsoons an important role and affected how the trade went about. The currents at first blew the traders off course but they later on the traders learned the currents help expand sea travel. On the other hand for the monsoons the traders lived off the winds to tell them which way to travel but with later knowledge like with the currents they showed the traders new routes across the Indian Ocean. The goods traded in the Indian Ocean trade traded with three different areas. They were India, Swahili city-states, Arabia and Persia. The goods were gold, ivory sandlewood, cooper, slaves, wool, muslin fabric, wheat and barley, frankincense, Myrrh, indigo, cotton, tea, spices and herbs.
The Silk Road trade began in 200 BCE. This trade traded to three areas. They include China, India and Persia. The Silk Road traded silk, jade, rice, pearls,
There were many traders ran through Africa and Eurasia during the time frame of 300-1450 C.E. The trades of Mediterranean Sea, Trans-Saharan, Indian Ocean and Silk Road played a dominant role in trade networks. There were changes but also continuities
The need for trade for the Trans-Saharan area began in 800 B.C.E. The importance of this trade were to trade items such as gold, slaves, ebony, coffee beans, iron, colored dye, leather, camels, wheat and barley. The developments they used and based on during this trade were camel caravans, the spread of Dar Al-Islam, expansion of Sudanic kingdoms such as Arab Berber traders, trade center in D’Tennet and Timbuktu and trade of luxury goods between Africans and Arabs.
The trade route of the Indian Ocean was very significant. This trade began in 300 B.C.E. This trade’s development including also the continuities and changes were knowledge of the monsoon, compass, astrolabes, better ship buildings, the spread of Dar Al-Islam trade centers in calculated Swahili city states and trade of luxury goods between Arabs, Africans and Indians. The currents and monsoons an important role and affected how the trade went about. The currents at first blew the traders off course but they later on the traders learned the currents help expand sea travel. On the other hand for the monsoons the traders lived off the winds to tell them which way to travel but with later knowledge like with the currents they showed the traders new routes across the Indian Ocean. The goods traded in the Indian Ocean trade traded with three different areas. They were India, Swahili city-states, Arabia and Persia. The goods were gold, ivory sandlewood, cooper, slaves, wool, muslin fabric, wheat and barley, frankincense, Myrrh, indigo, cotton, tea, spices and herbs.
The Silk Road trade began in 200 BCE. This trade traded to three areas. They include China, India and Persia. The Silk Road traded silk, jade, rice, pearls,