1. The Silk Road came into being partially due to the Parthians, Chinese General Zhang Jian, and trade with the nomads. The Parthians were a dynasty established by a nomadic leader in order to avoid the Seleucid kings’ control after Alexander the Great’s empire. It helped establish the Silk Road because it was located at the threshold of Central Asia and it shared customs and traded with nomads to the east. In 228 B.C.E., Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty sent general Zhang Jian across Inner Asia to negotiate with the Yuezhi people for help defeating the Xiongnu. Zhang Jian went to Ferghana where he found the Dayuan who had stronger and faster horses than the horses currently in China. He started some trade with the nomads in the east because
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The Indian Ocean Trade Network did not play a large role in the change of kingdoms and empires. However, it had a large role in economic and social ties between coastal communities. Many port cities were not connected to other cities because of geography, so this was their only source of trade and connection to other cultures. Also, women did not travel with merchants on the boats, so many men married women in port cities. This lead to bilingual and bicultural families and women raised their children to be more cosmopolitan than children farther inland. Men took cultural attitudes and customs to sea with them, which led to more spread of culture. Market-towns in Egypt exported cinnamon and slaves while importing wheat, rice, clarified butter, sesame oil, cotton cloth, and honey from India. Other ports in India traded spices, ivory, cotton cloth, agate, and carnelian for wine, copper, tin, lead, coral, topaz, clothing, gold, and silver. The current island of Sri Lanka produced pearls, stones, and tortoise shells. Chryse also exported tortoise-shell. China traded silk on the sea routes as well as the overland routes. Bananas and yams also made their way to mainland Africa through Indonesians colonizing Madagascar and bringing them, they then spread to mainland Africa. Most of the technology that was shared was the design and building of boats. Mediterranean ships had square sails and were maneuvered by oars, and they were nailed together. Indian Ocean ships had triangular …show more content…
The Trans-Saharan trade network went through the Sahara desert to the previously isolated sub-Saharan and was the first connection between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. The Trans-Saharan trade network did not have very much political control, especially in kingdoms and empires of the Mediterranean and Asia. Its economic control was mainly just in Africa. Northern Africa traded with Southern Africa, and there was some trade with Rome and Arab. Southern Africans exported salt, dates, horses, brass, copper, glassware, beads, leather, textiles, and obsidian. Northern Africa exported gold, slaves, cloth, ivory, ebony, pepper, kola nuts, and cowry shells. Northern and Southern Africa mostly exchanged gold for salt; trade with Europe included wheat and olives from Rome and guns, gunpowder, and ammunition from other regions in exchange for ostrich feathers, hides, and skins from Africa. The most important technology that was spread to Europe was the domestication and herding of cattle and horses. Also, the use of camels became very popular because they could trek across the Sahara with no water for longer periods of time than other animals. More effective camel saddles were invented. The main religion that was spread on this trade route was Islam. The Trans-Saharan trade network created a cultural unity throughout Africa, they shared similar “small
The Indian Ocean Trade Network did not play a large role in the change of kingdoms and empires. However, it had a large role in economic and social ties between coastal communities. Many port cities were not connected to other cities because of geography, so this was their only source of trade and connection to other cultures. Also, women did not travel with merchants on the boats, so many men married women in port cities. This lead to bilingual and bicultural families and women raised their children to be more cosmopolitan than children farther inland. Men took cultural attitudes and customs to sea with them, which led to more spread of culture. Market-towns in Egypt exported cinnamon and slaves while importing wheat, rice, clarified butter, sesame oil, cotton cloth, and honey from India. Other ports in India traded spices, ivory, cotton cloth, agate, and carnelian for wine, copper, tin, lead, coral, topaz, clothing, gold, and silver. The current island of Sri Lanka produced pearls, stones, and tortoise shells. Chryse also exported tortoise-shell. China traded silk on the sea routes as well as the overland routes. Bananas and yams also made their way to mainland Africa through Indonesians colonizing Madagascar and bringing them, they then spread to mainland Africa. Most of the technology that was shared was the design and building of boats. Mediterranean ships had square sails and were maneuvered by oars, and they were nailed together. Indian Ocean ships had triangular …show more content…
The Trans-Saharan trade network went through the Sahara desert to the previously isolated sub-Saharan and was the first connection between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. The Trans-Saharan trade network did not have very much political control, especially in kingdoms and empires of the Mediterranean and Asia. Its economic control was mainly just in Africa. Northern Africa traded with Southern Africa, and there was some trade with Rome and Arab. Southern Africans exported salt, dates, horses, brass, copper, glassware, beads, leather, textiles, and obsidian. Northern Africa exported gold, slaves, cloth, ivory, ebony, pepper, kola nuts, and cowry shells. Northern and Southern Africa mostly exchanged gold for salt; trade with Europe included wheat and olives from Rome and guns, gunpowder, and ammunition from other regions in exchange for ostrich feathers, hides, and skins from Africa. The most important technology that was spread to Europe was the domestication and herding of cattle and horses. Also, the use of camels became very popular because they could trek across the Sahara with no water for longer periods of time than other animals. More effective camel saddles were invented. The main religion that was spread on this trade route was Islam. The Trans-Saharan trade network created a cultural unity throughout Africa, they shared similar “small