Patterns of Trade From medieval C.E. Cultural Diffusion and the Columbian Exchange

300CE1-300CE BCE Patterns of Trade Cultural Diffusion 900 CE – 1750 CE Welcome to our world MODERN We will be looking at the exchange of ideas & goods from 300 CE to 1750 CE. and how they led to

Many connections were established among regions that formed interregional patterns of unity. North and South America Afroeurasia

From CE, trade routes extended farther and were used by more travelers. Trade

Transport and communication technology improved. Transport and communication technology improved. Astrolabe Lateen sail North Arabian Camel Saddle Books & paper Stern-rudder Stirrup Mapmaking Ideas

The pace of innovation increasedThe pace of innovation increased Knowledge accumulated more quicklyKnowledge accumulated more quickly Manufacturing and farming productivity increasedManufacturing and farming productivity increased People’s diets and health improvedPeople’s diets and health improved Sea travel and transport increasedSea travel and transport increased How did transfers of technology and products change people’s lives in Afroeurasia? Ideas

 Scholars translated books, taught others, and worked to gain knowledge  Trade introduced people to new products, increasing demand for luxuries  Money moved across countryside and continents in exchange for goods  Religious ideas were hotly debated, and ordinary people worshipped daily  Ruling groups debated laws, and military struggles continued Exchanges that began in Afroeurasia continued to bring about change

Columbus 1492 Vasco Da Gama 1498 Magellan 1519 After 1415, European mariners made voyages across the seas toward east and west. By 1519, Magellan had circumnavigated the globe. Others set out in search of wealth, adventure and fame.

You might say, by 1500 CE, the world was connected, right? If you had to put all of these changes into one sentence, what would it be? But wait! You still haven’t said much about the Americas!

Well…the Americas and Afroeurasia were not yet permanently linked together. …not until 1492… When Columbus sailed the ocean blue…

So, by 1492, European mariners set out on trans-oceanic voyages to the Americas. Those voyages linked the Americas with Afroeurasia for the first time since the migrations of people over 13,000 years earlier! It had to happen sooner or later!

Cultural exchange in Afroeurasia before 1500 CE resulted in the technologies that made transoceanic voyages possible. Is that why people from Afroeurasia discovered the Americas, and not the opposite? Stern-rudder Compass Lateen Sail Mapmaking

The Columbian Exchange Plants, animals and micro-organisms of Afroeurasia were exchanged with those of the Americas across the oceans.

Columbian Exchange New crops like potatoes and beans spread and improved nutrition worldwide. Luxury products like coffee, chocolate, tea, tobacco and spices meant new cultural habits for those with money to spend. Population & Environment

Global cash crops were grown on large plantations with slave labor Caribbean sugar plantation, 1600s Environmental changes resulted from introducing new species Livestock introduced to the Americas changed indigenous groups’ ways of life Plains woman hunting buffalo, 1800s Population & Environment

Islam and Christianity spread with empires, trade, and migration Traders and Sufi orders spread Islam in Africa and Asia Traders and Sufi orders spread Islam in Africa and Asia The Ottoman Empire pressed into eastern Europe. The Ottoman Empire pressed into eastern Europe. Catholic missionaries followed the spread of the Spanish empire Catholic missionaries followed the spread of the Spanish empire Jesuits worked in Asia Jesuits worked in Asia Protestants colonized North America Protestants colonized North America Population & Environment

What a handsome guy! Mapmakers finally got my portrait right! Ideas & Inventions

CULTURAL DIFFUSION GOODS, IDEAS AND PEOPLE ARE NOW MOVING AROUND THE WORLD CONTINUING CROSS CULTURALIZATION AND…..

Trade encircled the globe Trade & Manufacturing