A6.+Describe+interregional+trading+systems+such+as+the+Silk+Roads+and+Indian+Ocean+for+this+time+period,+who+traded,+what+traded,+when,+where,+why,+how,+etc...

__THE SILK ROAD__
>> >> Silk Road during 900 c.e. >> >> >
 * What is it?
 * The land and sea routes that linked Europe and Asia through trade.
 * Who traded
 * in the beginning
 * Rome and other Mediterranean peoples
 * Han dynasty (China)
 * Regional kingdoms in the Middle East
 * What was traded
 * Silk
 * Technology
 * Disease (black plague)
 * Spices
 * IDEAS: Christianity, Buddhism, Islam
 * Land and sea
 * 4000 miles
 * Small to medium sized trading vessels (sea)
 * Red sea and Persian gulf
 * Around India and Bengal (used monsoons)
 * South Asian islands
 * Caravans (land)
 * Went north around Taklamakan Desert
 * South through Middle East
 * Fear
 * Bandits roamed land and sea routes and were constantly threatened by pirates.
 * When it began/slowed down/then resumed
 * Beginning
 * Alexander the Great's empire stretched Mediterranean influence throughout the middle east, and south to India
 * Trade increased dramatically during the Hellenistic era
 * The middle...(middle ages)
 * Europe was in decline, so trade declined
 * TRADE ALONG THE SILK ROAD ROUTES NEVER COMPLETELY STOPPED
 * Asia wasn't participating in mass trade either
 * Trade wasn't very safe
 * Later
 * The mongols conquered
 * They then controlled the old silk road routes
 * Trade became safer, because Mongol soldiers guarded the routes.
 * This was right before the beginning of the Age of Exploration (1400's)
 * Sea trade increased along with european exploration
 * Europe, Asia, and Middle East.......1200 c.e. and Mongol empires in 1400's

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 * Effects of Silk Road
 * Linked Europe and Asia
 * Spread of ideas
 * Fueled later on desires for goods from distant places
 * Spread or religion
 * Missionaries travel more
 * New religions (neo-confucianism)
 * Silk road stretched from China to the eastern edge of the Mediteranean Sea and Europe.
 * Was originally used in the trade of silk, but more diverse trade goods such a gold and spices were also traded.
 * Began during the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire.
 * More than just items were exchanged, cultures and their values were shared as well (ex: religious/ food/clothing)
 * It extended about 4,000 miles.
 * Probably the most important aspect of silk road trade are IDEAS that were spread, like Buddhism and that traveled from India to China
 * Linked Asia with Mediterranean (Europe)
 * Land AND sea routes
 * Silk was expensive and a very precious commodity, the process of its production was kept secret for a long time
 * Land trade though middle east sparked the formation of regional kingdoms that separately controlled trade in their areas.

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