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TRADE ROUTES 1200-1450 (Silk Road (Bills of Exchange: It was a way to get…
TRADE ROUTES 1200-1450
Silk Road
Bills of Exchange: It was a way to get credit and trade/pay for stuff
Paper Money: It came from china's block printing. Maro Polo fond it inserting, so he started to talk about it to everyone
Banking House : The business of a bank or of a banker. Banking house, also where the money is put.
Caravanserai: They were like an inn, It was where traveled would sleep
Kashgar and Samarkand: The kashgar traded silks,gold,spieces and more.Samarkand were people who trade from one city all across southeast asia
Camel Saddle
Was invented 1200 BC, to ride camels safely, also used to steer a camel like a car.
Indian Ocean Routes
Gujarat- a city on the coast of India that was ruled by the Delhi Sultanate they mainly traded with people from the Arabian Sea
Some goods traded were: ceramics, glassware, iron goods, grain, ivory, frankincense, myrrh, nutmeg, tea, and porcelain, leopard skins, slaves, cotton textiles, gold, and salt.
Bulk goods were traded on the Indian Ocean Routes rather than select valuable goods on the Silk Road. Making the more high demand good easier to access, it was more efficient.
This trade route connected China through Africa.
The knowledge of the monsoon winds made it more efficient for sailors to navigate through the ocean.
Some innovations and inventions that helped the Indian Ocean Trade flourish were: the compass, knowledge of monsoon winds, and a new sail design. The Chinese invented the compass and the needle would always point north making the navigation easier, Once the Indian sailors had knowledge of the monsoon winds they were able to travel more efficiently during certain parts of the year and the other seasons that were unsafe they would find alternate routes or not even go on the routes.Another addition to the sailing id the new design of the sail that made it easy to catch the wind and it made the boats faster
Sultanate of Malacca- Malaysians that traded with the Yuan Dynasty (mongols ruled by Kublai Khan) in China. They many traded language, religion, and some foods.
City States on the Swahili Coast- trading states along the east coast of Africa and connected Africa with the Indian trade routes: Kilwa, Lamu, Zanzibar, Mombasa. and Sofala.
Diasporic Communities
Caravans & Caravansai
caravans were people who traveled together on camel. They were mostly used when the distance traveled is short.
Trans-Saharan Routes
Arabs in East Africa-Their main item of trade was slaves. They took slaves to the coast to be sold off.
Chinese in SE Asia-silk, fine textiles, gold and other metals, precious and semiprecious stones, spices and aromatic products were traded in southeast Asia. Trade expanded in this area and Malaysia and Cambodia were also eventually traded with.
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