Period 3 – 600 to 1450 CE Day 4 Theme/AIM: How did cross-cultural exchanges foster the intensification of existing, or the creation of new, networks of trade and communication? DO NOW: 1) Describe the city of Baghdad 2) How did it get that way? Baghdad was a veritable City of Palaces, not made of stucco and mortar, but of marble. The buildings were usually of several stories. The palaces and mansions were lavishly gilded and decorated…. Both sides of the river were for miles fronted by the palaces, kiosks, gardens and parks of the gardens and nobles, marble steps led down to the water’s edge and the scene on the river was animated by thousands of gondolas, decked with little flags, dancing like sunbeams on the water, and carrying the pleasure-seeking Baghdad citizens from one part of the city to the other. Along the wide-stretching quays lay whole fleets at anchor, sea and river craft of all kinds, from the Chinese junk to the old Assyrian raft resting on inflated skins. The mosques of the city were at once vast in size and remarkably beautiful. There were also in Baghdad numerous colleges of learning, hospitals, infirmaries for both sexes and lunatic asylums.

Major Events and Developments in Period 3 (600 to 1450) Older belief systems, Christianity, Hinduism, Confucianism and Buddhism- develop as more important than political organizations in defining areas of world Large religions covered huge areas of land but smaller religions remained Two nomadic groups- Bedouins and Mongols- huge impact in this era – WHY? New religion Islam Europe not a major civilization before 600 CE by 1450 connected to major trade routes and some kingdoms

Trade Routes get Bigger and Better! Old trade routes (?) Keep on getting more extensive Powerful trading cities emerge Timbuktu Calicut Baghdad Venice Diasporic Communities emerge on the trade routes A scattered population with a common origin in a smaller geographic area. The word can also refer to the movement of the population from its original homeland Muslim merchants communities in Indian ocean Jews, Hindus, Christians

Why do these new trade cities emerge in these locations?

New Trade Routes and New Products! Mesoamerican and Andean trade routes develop Luxury goods such as porcelain from China, gems from India and exotic animals from Africa- more common 1.Better caravan organization 2. New compasses and astrolabes 3. Larger ships in Ind O. 4. Credit systems, Banking houses for loans

Trade Expands States encourage commerical growth within Building Grand Canal in China Minting coins and paper money in the Caliphates and China Northern European membership in Hanseatic League Empires are built and encourage trade within Tang & Song China Byzantine Empire Mongol Empire Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates

1. Why was the Grand Canal helpful to trade in China. 2 1. Why was the Grand Canal helpful to trade in China? 2. Why was the Hanseatic League established? Why helpful?