1. Trade and Revival Across Europe

2. EUROPE
The Medieval Period = 500 CE – 1450 CE

3. Medieval Europe Disunified Focus on religion Large majority rural
Feudal Economic (manors) and Social (vassal-lord) Systems

4. Sparks for Change
Black death fewer workers, higher wages, breakdown of Feudal system, need for innovation
Printing Press cheap books, spread of literacy, undermines church/priest authority
Fall of Constantinople/Mongol Empires need for alternate routes to luxury goods

6. Important Changes
Increase in urban centers (trading cities like Venice & Hanseatic League cities along the Baltic)
Universities
Technological innovations (water wheels, three-field system)

7. Hanseatic League Cities

8. Brugge, Modern Belgium, connects to the Baltic
Venice, Italy connects to the Mediterranean

9. Trade Diasporas
As trade revived in Europe and intensified elsewhere, diasporic communities formed
Diaspora = “to scatter”
Most famous example: the Jewish Diaspora
After a failed rebellion in about 100 CE, Jews were required to “scatter” from Jerusalem
This migration formed huge networks of families and communities across the globe
The natural result were networks of trade