B6.+Compare+the+role+and+function+of+cities+and+trade+in+major+societies+-+Indian+Ocean,+China,+Europe

​__Role and Function__ **__China__** > > __Indian Ocean:__ > ** Indian Ocean Trade and City Functions (600-1450CE) > · During postclassical era, agricultural yields increase. > · Leads to more available occupations in trade and manufacturing b/c less people need to farm. ** > Trade > ** · Forges relations within regions of the Indian subcontinent. > · Links India to Persia, Arabia, Africa, and China. > o Ports in western India, Persian Gulf, and eastern Africa. > · Use //monsoon// winds to sail their dhows and junks (large trade ships). > · Trade routes relatively safe. The routes were not plagued with warfare, unlike the Mediterranean trade routes. > __ India __ > · Its central location in the Indian Ocean made it the site of warehouses and cargo exchanges. > · Indian exports: cotton textiles, tanned leather, carpets, high-carbon steel, pepper. > · Indian imports: raw goods and exotic items like gold, ivory, slaves, horses. Religions like Islam also “imported.” > · Main ports: Cambay, Calicut, Ceylon > __ Persia and Arabia __ > · Dominated Indian Ocean trade. > · Exports: dates, incenses, horses. > · Imports: manufactured goods from India, silk, etc. > · Main ports: Siraf, Hormuz, Basra, Aden. > __ East Africa __ > · Kingdom of Axum (modern Ethiopia) traded with Indian Ocean civilizations. > o Exports: Christianity, gold, ivory, slaves. Many of these goods were “funneled” from Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa. > o Imports: manufactured goods, etc. > o Main ports: Adulis (located on Red Sea) > · Other East African ports: Zanzibar, Kilwa, Sofala, Madagascar. > __ East Asia __ > · Exports: fine spices > · Imports: manufactured and raw goods. > · Main ports: Melaka, Palembang in Sumatra. ** > > > Cities > ** · All of the cities and ports mentioned above were influenced by the trade in their civ. > · Coastal cities became multicultural due to the multitude of merchants passing. > · Trade modernized cities, led to religious developments, spread ideas. ** > __Europe:__
 * //Cities//**
 * Modern and urbanized
 * Center of modernization
 * Key part to population growth b/c it increased income for people who wanted families
 * Basically economic power houses that fueled everything in China's society
 * Most of the important business and trade transactions occured within cities
 * Cities were the most modernized portion of China's societies
 * There were some cities used solely for trade in the desert along the Silk Roads[[image:http://gomagazine.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/shanghai.jpg]]
 * //Trade//**
 * Helped fuel economy
 * Helped society grow and flourish
 * Done as a way to increase money income and to get goods from other places
 * Connected different societies together as intricate trade systems
 * Main source of China's popularity/prosperity during the times of the Silk Roads
 * Imports: manufactured goods from Europe/India/etc.
 * **Exports: silk, porcelain, jade, spices, etc. (luxury goods)**
 * 1) //Cities://
 * **Cities in Europe were modern and urban**
 * **Helped spread the idea of industrialism to other European, Asian, and African societies**
 * **Eurpoean cities increased popularity of trans-continental trade.**
 * 1) //Trade**//
 * During the High Middle Ages:
 * Reurbanization allowed cities to form and aricultural surplus to grow
 * Created long-distance trade networks that targeted the Mediterranean and Baltic and North Sea regions.
 * Transoceanic Encounters:
 * Christopher Colombus went from Europe to the Americas to spread religion, but ended up connecting Europe to the popular Spice Trade.
 * European curiosity led to the discovery of new chanels and waterways, allowed easier trade.
 * The Colombian Exchange:
 * While Americas and Pacific Islands gained European diseases, Europe gained new crops.
 * European Transformtion:
 * Tea (?) and influence from other countries led Europe to the Englightened Era.
 * Africa and Europe:
 * Europe's presence in Africa led to the trade of African slaves for European manufactued goods.
 * Corrupted the indigenous colonies.
 * Kongo, Ndongo, etc., became European settlements
 * European Effect of the American Colonies:
 * Europeans "Enlightened Era" inspired revolutions in America.
 * Industrial European Societies:
 * Industrialization led to better manufactured goods.
 * Factories allowed superior goods to be made and traded.

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