Exchange across the Indian Ocean Sea Roads Exchange across the Indian Ocean

Exchange across the Indian ocean Sea-based trade routes connected distant peoples all across the Eastern Hemisphere Italian City of Venice Expensive and imported goods from Asia

monsoons Indian Ocean trade made possible by monsoons. “An interlocked human world joined by the common highway of the Indian Ocean”

Comparison How did the operation of the Indian Ocean trading network differ from that of the Silk Roads?

Religious Influences Introduction of Christianity into Southern India testifies to long-term cultural impact of trade Indian cultural practices, such as Hinduism and Buddhism as well as South Asian political ideas began to take root in Southeast Asia

Weaving a web In the era of third-wave civilizations between 500 and 1500, two major processes changed the landscape of the Afro-Eurasian world and wove the web of Indian Ocean exchange: The Economic and Political Revival of China Sudden Rise of Islam

A catalyst for change: southeast Asia and srivijaya Located between China and India, Southeast Asia geographically played an important role in the evolving world of Indian Ocean commerce. Malay sailors Straight of Malacca Srivijaya

A question… What was the relationship between the rise of Srivijaya and the world of Indian Ocean commerce?

A catalyst for change: East Africa and Swahili civilization A new civilization – Swahili Economically, the coastal cities of Swahili acted as an intermediary between the interior of Africa and the Arab traders in the Indian ocean. Rapidly became Islamic Why is this?

Sand roads: exchange across the Sahara

Trade and empire In west Africa Major turning point – introduction of the camel to North Africa GOLD Caravans What changes did trans-Saharan trade bring to West Africa?

West africa People of Sudan took advantage– city states and empires along the Atlantic coast Drew upon the wealth of the trans-Saharan trade Slavery found its place in West Africa

Commerce and connection in the western hemisphere In what ways did networks of interaction in the Western Hemisphere differ from those in the Eastern Hemisphere?