WHICH EMPIRES USED THE SILK ROAD ROMAN EMPIRE-HAN DYNASTY (INF FACT, THE GREAT WALL WAS STARTED BY THE QIN EMPIRE TO PROTECT THE SILK ROAD) 2. THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 3. THE ENTIRE Muslim EMPIRE

WHAT WAS TRANSPORTED ON THE SILK ROAD? DIFFERENT GOODS SIL, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, GUNPOWDER, PAPER, TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, JEWELS, SPICES ETC.

DIFFERENT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES LIKE LEMONS, LIMES AND GRAPES CAME FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE

JEWLERY CAME FROM INDIA.

OLIVE OIL CAME FROM GREECE

ALMONDS AND DATES CAME FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

REMEMBER: KING ASOKA BECAME A BUDDHIST AFTER HE KILLED 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE MAURYAN EMPIRE

ASOKA BUILDS MANY BUDDHIST SHRINES KNOWN AS STUPAS ASOKA BUILDS MANY BUDDHIST SHRINES KNOWN AS STUPAS. HE ALSO BUILDS SMALL HOUSES ALONG THE ROADS SO THAT BUDDHIST MONKS WOULD HAVE SOMEPLACE TO STAY WHILE THEY TRAVELLED.

THE SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE

THE INDIAN OCEAN

WHO TRADED WHAT ON THE INDIAN OCEAN Region Products Contributed to Indian Ocean Commerce Mediterranean basin ceramics, glassware, wine, gold, olive oil East Africa ivory, gold, iron goods, slaves, tortoiseshells, quartz, leopard skins Arabia frankincense, myrrh, perfumes India grain, ivory, precious stones, cotton textiles, spices, timber,tortoiseshells Southeast Asia tin, sandlewood, cloves, nutmeg, mace China silks, porcelain, tea

THE SAHARA DESERT

People don’t know this but the Sahara desert has huge deposits of SALT

AND WEST AFRICA HAD A LOT OF GOLD

AND NORTH AFRICA MADE A LOT OF GLASSWARE, CLOTHES, DIFFERENT WEAPOSN, AND OTHER MANUFACTUED GOODS.

-ROUTES ACROSS THE DESERT ARE CALLED TRANS-SAHARAN ROUTES -EVERYTHING BELOW THE SAHARA IS CALLED SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -

SOMETIMS ITS ALSO CALLED THE SUDAN THE LITTLE AREA BETWEEN THE 2, BETWEEN DESERT AND JUNGLE, IS CALLED THE SAHEL SOMETIMS ITS ALSO CALLED THE SUDAN

WITH ALL OF THIS TRADE AFRICA WILL GET 2 HUGE EMPIRES: 1. GHANA: WHICH MEANS “LAND OF GOLD”

EAST AFRICA IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE SWAHILI COAST.

**REMEMBER, ISLAM COMES TO WEST AFRICA PEACEFULLY!!! MALI: WHICH WAS LATER TAKEN OVER BY Muslim ARMIES WHICH CREATED THE HUGE MOSQUES OF TIMBUKTU **REMEMBER, ISLAM COMES TO WEST AFRICA PEACEFULLY!!!

SLAVERY ALSO BECAME A HUGE TRADE ACROSS THE SAHARA: