1. Major Trade Routes A.D.

2. SOL Standards Essential Questions
Standard(s) of Learning
SOL Standards Essential Questions
Where were the major trade routes in the Eastern Hemisphere from 1000 to 1500 A.D.?
How did trade facilitate the diffusion of goods and ideas among different cultures?

3. AIM: Was the Silk Road the internet highway of the ancient world?
DO NOW: Read and answer the multiple choice question.
In China, Confucianism emphasized the idea that
a. Equality should exist between all members of society.
b. Individual goals should be placed ahead of the needs of the group
c. Harmony could be achieved by the proper behavior of each member of a family or society.
d. Heaven could be attained by prayer, meditation and good deeds.
HW: Answer the AIM in one paragraph. (6-8 sentences)

4. INTERNET WHAT DO WE GET FROM THE INTERNET?
Entertainment: video games, music, movies, etc.
Buy & sell goods on EBAY, AMAZON, etc.
INTERNET
Research to gain more knowledge & information about a topic
anyone in the world/ MySpace / YouTube
Online banking $$$$$$
Meet people / online dating
Google Earth / Mapquest

5. #1 GLOBALIZATION-
described as a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and functioning together.
The internet promotes globalization in the world today.

6. What do you see?
How can we compare this to the internet of today?
Why was this important to global history?

7. THE HAN DYNASTY, LED BY A PEASANT NAMED GAO ZU, OVERTHREW THE QIN DYNASTY IN 206 B.C.

8. #2 SILK ROAD - a 4,000 mile trade route that stretched from China to the Fertile Crescent in southwestern Asia (opened up by the Han Dynasty)

9. OUD
ITEMS TRADED ALONG THE SILK ROAD
GLASS
BACTRIAN CAMELS
CARPETS
PORCELAIN
METAL WORK
SILK
JADE
SPICES

10. #3 MERCHANT - a person whose job is to buy, sell & trade goods
#3 MERCHANT - a person whose job is to buy, sell & trade goods. (salesman or businessman)

11. THE CHINESE WANTED TO MAKE A PROFIT ($) FROM SELLING SILK.
WHY DID THE HAN FAMILY OPENED UP THIS TRADE ROUTE?
THE CHINESE WANTED TO MAKE A PROFIT ($) FROM SELLING SILK.

12. CULTURAL DIFFUSION - the exchanging of goods and ideas from one culture to another usually done through trade and war.
THE SILK ROAD IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL DIFFUSION.
WHY?

13. WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE TRAVELING ON THE SILK ROAD?

15. Trans-Saharan Trade
A series of powerful trading kingdoms emerged in West Africa.
The West African kingdoms controlled important trade routes that connected North Africa and West Africa.
Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade
North Africa was rich in the salt that West Africa lacked.
West Africa was rich in gold.
The Trans-Saharan trade led to an exchange of salt for gold.

16. Trans-Saharan Trade

17. Trade Routes Exchanged: Goods
Gold from West Africa
Spices from lands around the Indian Ocean
Textiles from India, China, the Middle East, and Europe
Porcelain from China and Persia
Amber from the Baltic region

18. Trade Routes Exhanged: Technology
Paper from China
New crops from India: Sugar
Waterwheels & windmills from the Middle East
Navigation devices: Compass from China, Lateen sail from India

19. Trade Routes Exchanged: Ideas
Spread of Religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam
Printing and paper money from China
Disease: Bubonic Plague