1. Today: 10/1 & 10/2 Practice Question Reading Quiz Lecture Exit

2. Chapter 5

3. Trade Trade routes have been developing throughout the Classical Era: Silk Road Indian Ocean trade Saharan Trade Sub-Saharan Trade

4. Silk Road Eurasia Overland from China to the Mediterranean Possible because of Camels Not just one line of trade Who: Central Asian Nomads most important Trade West to East: Horses, Alfalfa, grapes, melons, walnuts East to West: Silk, Peaches, Apricots, Spices, Pottery, Paper Cultural Diffusion Chariots, Horse stirrups, Buddhism, Christianity

6. Indian Ocean Trade Ocean Trade: Canton, SE Asia, India Africa and Middle East Arabs very important Trade Pigments, pearls, spices, tropical fruits Cultural Diffusion Lateen Sail

8. Saharan Trade Overland from the West Africa to Mediterranean Cairo very important Berbers very important Trade Salt from South and West Sahara Gold from West Africa Wheat and Olives from Italy Cultural Diffusion Camel Saddle

10. Sub-Saharan Trade Connected Africa South and East of the Sahara to other states Bantu people very important Trade Agricultural products, Iron weapons and later religion Cultural Diffusion Bantu Language

12. Herding People As you can see herding people in Central Asia, Middle East and Africa are very important to the trading of stuff. Technology, ideas, cultural diffusion This will continue to grow in importance as the eras change

13. New Places We focused on the big 3 BUT there are still other places to look at as they begin to develop Discuss: Where else is developing

14. South East Asia Contact with India Participated in trade Got Buddhism and Art Sub-Saharan Africa Such as: Kush: took over Egypt for awhile Axum: Contact with Eastern Mediterranean Ethiopia: Will become a Christian Civilization

15. Western Africa Ghana: 1 st great state in this region begins to develop Europe Regional group s Vying for power as Rome began to fall More primative

16. Japan Regional tribal political organizations developed Developed a distinct religion: Shinto More advanced Americas Olmec: central American earliest civilization Little is known Teotihuacan Mayan Inca(Moche)

17. Polynesia Fiji Samoa Making their way slowly across the pacific

18. New Religious Map Outside the 3 core areas Shamanism and animism continues to hold strong Death rates increasing+ Political Instability= New faith developing WHY Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam Spreading across the known world

19. Christianity

20. Spread of Religion Christianity spread West Jesus is the son of God There is a single God who loved human kind despite their sins Paul important in the spreading of “the word” Buddhism Spread East

22. Decline of the Classical Era We have already talked about what happened in Rome

23. Han Had a strong political base to keep them from complete destruction Internal problems: corrupt bureaucracy, heavy taxes Daoisim grew in popularity and a revolt occurred Yellow turbans Boarder nomads, disease, 3 decades of unrest: Sui

24. India Had religion to keep them from complete destruction Gupta cant keep regional control Hun invasion Rajput develop Why do I say India is like a Black Hole????