1. 3.1 Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade, and expanded the geographical range of existing and newly active trade networks.

3. Silk Roads
Post Classical Age- SR diffused important technologies and spread diseases.
Is this a change or continuity?

4. Silk Roads By 600 CE the classical empires had collapsed
Rise of the Islamic Abbasid Caliphate would invigorate trade
Is this a change or continuity?

5. Silk Roads The Mongols defeated the Abbasid Caliphate in 1258
Pax Mongolia

7. Mediterranean Trade
Like the Silk Road, trade declined when Rome weakened
However, the spread of Islam across N. Africa and the continuation of the Roman civilization in the Byzantine Empire would revive trade in the post classical age

8. Mediterranean Trade
Cairo and Alexandria (now under Muslim rule) become powerful commerical centers

9. Mediterranean Trade
Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, became an important hub of trade due to its location between Europe and Asia

10. Map showing the end of the Silk Road

11. Trans-Saharan Network

12. Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
Grew during the period between 600 to 1450 CE
AGAIN! Islam played a primary role in this
Umayyad Caliphate, Islam came to north Africa

13. Trans-Saharan Network
Islam legitimized local kings and provided a point of unity.
Mansa Musa- Mali

15. Indian Ocean Trade Network
The dominate trade network in the post classical period

16. Indian Ocean Trade Network
Remained closely tied with environmental conditions
Free from the domination of any state or empire
Are these changes or continuities?

17. Indian Ocean Trade Network
Volume of exchange increased dramatically and the number of civilizations participating increased
Islam encourages trade and the Muslim city-states along the Swahili coast of East Africa will participate
Malay peninsula, SE Asia, Srivijaya (Buddhist)

18. Indian Ocean Trade Network
During the Song Dynasty, Chinese maritime trade exceeded Silk Road trade, and Chinese porcelain has been found as far away as the Swahili coast of Africa

19. Junks

20. Dhow

22. Astrolabe

26. Activity

27. Crash Course