Good Morning! Today’s Agenda Silk Roads & Indian Ocean Trade Networks Notes- Crash Course episode 9 Lecture 15 minute history SAQ #1- 13 mins Silk Road Doc Analysis HMWK: Take notes on Spices. PPT posted on Dragonwhap Read Ch. 6 and do CW. APQ6 on Tues. 10/11 (B-Day) or Wed. 10/12 (A-Day) Good Morning! Please get out your Crash Course Episode 9 notes.
500ce-1500ce Commerce & Culture
Why was trade important? Encouraged specialization Eliminated local economic self-sufficiency Provided a means of social mobility Provided prestige goods for elites Wealth from trade motivated state creation Catalyst for the expansion and spread of Christianity and Islam –Proselytize Technological innovations, plants and animals, & disease also spread along trade routes
What Trade Routes? Eurasian Silk Roads Trans-Saharan Caravan Routes Indian Ocean Sea Lanes Mediterranean Sea Lanes Needed protection from surrounding states. 7th & 8th centuries Byzantine Empire, Abbasid dynasty, and Tang dynasty 13th & 14th centuries, Mongol Empire controlled almost the entirety of the Silk Roads
New Technologies Extensive use of pack animals Maritime Studies & Technology Monsoon winds (E. Africa-E. Asia) Compass & Astrolabe (navigation) Larger ship designs New forms of credit and monetization Man-made routes Grand Canal in China
INDIAN OCEAN TRADE ROUTES SILVER LACQUER SILK PORCELAIN SUGAR LUXERIES TEA CLOTH YARN SILKS INDIGO PEPPER GEMS ANIMALS DRUGS COFFEE SLAVES IVORY HORSES SILKS GOLD STEEL
INDIAN OCEAN NETWORK 15 Minute History- take notes on the back of Crash Course handout http://15minutehistory.org/2014/03/26/episode-47-indian-ocean-trade-from-its-origins-to-the-eve-of-imperialism/ Not a united network but a series of routes Parts Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Arabia Bay of Bengal to Straits of Malucca Malucca to South China Sea One ethnic group dominated each zone Arabs in Western Indians in Central Chinese in Eastern The largest peaceful zone of exchange of period Groups had no formal agreements but cooperated States kept piracy down to minimum Groups met at key entrepot cities to exchange items Linked to Mediterranean and Silk Road by land routes
INDIAN OCEAN TRADE ROUTES SILVER LACQUER SILK PORCELAIN SUGAR LUXERIES TEA CLOTH YARN SILKS INDIGO PEPPER GEMS ANIMALS DRUGS COFFEE SLAVES IVORY HORSES SILKS GOLD STEEL
2nd 6 weeks SAQ #1 13 minutes Write in pen! Remember T.E.A. Answer the question!
Silk Roads Source Analysis Assignment posted on Dragonwhap- “Silk Road DBQ” Read sources and answer questions for each source on a separate piece of paper. Choose 2 of the documents- 1 image & 1 excerpt- & SOAPPS them. Write a thesis statement answering the prompt at the end. Turn in when finished. Note: Single sentence responses or responses not supported with evidence will not be accepted! All responses must be handwritten in ink!