Do Now – Period 1 & 2 Get a surface from the back Turn back to your maps Grab the colors you will need
Instructions Finish your maps in the next 20 minutes. With a partner: Use your maps to chart the spread of inventions over time. Use different colors for each invention. Mark the date that it was first invented
Diffusion 2
Paths of Diffusion: 4000BC
Paths of Diffusion: 1000BC
Paths of Diffusion: 400AD
Paths of Diffusion: 1500AD
1AD 8000 miles: Kyoto to Rome 1 month ship to the spice islands. 3 months ship to Clysma 2 week caravan to Alexandria 2 week ship to Ostia 2 days caravan to Rome
1AD 5000 miles: Cochabamba to Kahokia 4 months caravan across Andes Mountains road to Bogota. 6 months caravan across mountains of Central America to Teotihuacán.
1AD 5000 miles: Cochabamba to Kahokia 6 months caravan up Mexican coast and across the Chihuahuan Desert to the mouth of the Mississippi. 1 month canoe up the Mississippi to Kahokia.
1490-1520 AD: The hemispheres meet From Afro-Eurasia: the Spanish From Americas: the Aztec
Spanish Inventions: Musket (1450 AD) Astrolabe (1480 AD)
Central Mexican Inventions: Wheel (1500 BC) Rubber (1500 AD) Chocolate (1000 BC) Calendar (600BC) Tobacco (500 BC) Writing (600 BC) Math (500 BC) Popcorn (1000 AD) Public Schools (1400 AD)
Inventions spread to Spain: Agriculture (mid east) Optics (Greece) Wheel (mid east) Crane (Greece) Sailing (India) Cast Iron (China) Horse Plow (Mid East) Crossbow (China) Writing (Mid East) Gears (China) Sword (Mid East) Paper (China) Glass (Mid East) Concrete (Italy)
Inventions spread to Spain: Matches (China) Mechanical Clock (Germany) Clock (China) Eyeglasses (Italy) Gunpowder (china) Printing Press (Germany) Algebra (Mid East) Numerical Zero (India) Compass (China) Soap (Mid East)
Inventions spread to Central America: Sailing (South America) Jerky (North America) Foot Plow (South America) Sundial (South America) Syringe (North America)
Assignment: Diffusion Prompt: Spain and other European societies benefitted much more from diffusion than did the societies of Central Mexico. What are 2 possible reasons why? Make 2 claims. Support both with evidence from your notes or map