2. Silk Roads Location- Mostly across Asia. Connected Arabia, Persia, India, and China Traded Gold and Silk Connected China with the West Diffusion and Exchange of ideas for merchants and everyone

3. Gold and Salt Trade Located North and West Africa Trade d Gold and Salt Extensive trade connections despite the desert. Rise of Empires in Africa- Mali, Ghana, Songhi, Timbuktu Timbuktu- Center of learning and trade in Africa

4. Indian Ocean Trade Connected India, China and Persia Traded same items as Silk Roads Importance because connected coastal China with India, Persia and Arabia and Africa

5. Tang Dynasty Achievements- Block printing, Zen garden Gave free land to men, men paid tax of grain and silk Reintroduced civil service exams for govt. jobs Example of art work-Porcelin Tang had a golden age, similar to the Gupta Empire. Golden Age- time of advancement of art and science

6. Song China Achievements- Paper currency, eliminated forced labor, gunpowder, compass Importance of paper money- could use to the money to pay tax instead of using grain. Technology contributed to economic growth and cultural develpoment Foot binding- Beauty, limited female mobility, limited walking

7. Grand Canal The Grand Canal connected the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers The canals moved goods throughout the Chinese Empires