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Chapter 7-8 (India's First Empires (In 321 B.C. Chandragupta Maurya…

- - - - A.D. 320 Chandra Gupta 1 becomes first Gupta Emperor
  - - - Caravan routes that traders used to transport silk and other goods were called silk roads.
- - - - Arab traders established trading settlements. They were seeking ivan to trade in Persia
        
        Traders from Egypt, Arabia, Persia, India and the Roman Empire crowded Aksum's chief seaport.
- - - - Paper was invented, books were cheaper with the education spreading. Chinese commerce expanded and contact with other countries was better.
- - - - They farmed around the Congo river where there is a lot of sunlight and they used slash and burn technique.
        
        The Bantu people learned to smelt iron.
        
        They made one of the greatest migrations in history.
- - - - Growing food enabled the development of permanent settlements with more jobs and government.
        
        The Nok people lived in what is now Nigeria and they were West Africa's earliest known culture.
        
        People of Djenne-Djeno herded cattle, raised rice and traded and they lived in reed huts.