Importance of New Trading Routes Silk Roads, Mediterranean Sea, Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean Powerful new cities emerged. Novgorod, Timbuktu, Swahili city-states, Calicut, & Baghdad Growth of new goods & luxury goods was encouraged for trade. (Silk, cotton, textiles, porcelain, spices, gems, slaves, and exotic animals) New technologies for travel: (Caravan organization, Caravanserai, Camel Saddles)

Importance of New Trading Routes Use of the compass, astrolabe and larger ship designs. New forms of credit and banking houses New foods were adopted in populated areas. Bananas in Africa & rice in East Asia. Spread of diseases such as Black Death followed paths of trade and military conquest.

Activities of merchants and missionaries affected spread of religion along these trade routes.

Cultural Trade: Buddhism and Hinduism Buddhism becomes a major religion of silk roads, 700 CE

Sogdian Merchant ---- Tang Dynasty

SILK IVORY GLASS CLOTH SPICES

Paper money and minted coins began to be used as a medium of exchange in trade.

Mediterranean Sea Trade

People from Arabia were middle men Famous for Spice Trade People from Arabia were middle men Portugal and Spain had to find new ways to India and Middle East. This helped promote Age of Exploration

Sugar Cane Trade and growth of sugar cane increased dramatically. Very important to Europeans.

TRANS SAHARAN TRADE

Gold Trade Linked Mediterranean economies through gold Also traded salt where gold was abundant Arab merchants & interaction in this area led to spread of Islam

What do you know about the Vikings?

SCANDANAVIAN VIKINGS AND TRADE ROUTES Walrus ivory, whalebone, and the furs and skins of animals such as fox, bear, beaver and otter. They also carried amber, a fossilized resin that was cut and polished to make beads, pendants and brooches

Viking Long Ship