Unit 2 WHAP

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  • 1200

    The Silk Road

    The silk road caused the growth of exchange networks. The route of the road was "vibrant and essential to interregional trade in the 14th and 15th centuries." Production of luxury goods were boosted due to an increase of demand in Europe and Africa and the Silk Road allowed for this. The Silk Road also allowed for knowledge to be spread across the large distances, resulting in intellectual, technological, and cultural advances between different groups of people.(Compass, gunpowder, paper, etc.)
  • Period: 1200 to 1450

    Unit 2 WHAP

  • 1206

    The Rise of the Mongol Empire

    The Mongol Empire were a group of nomadic people who conquered large parts of Asia. They were masters of horseback and bow and arrow combat. They expected all of their people, men,women and children alike to become skilled warriors. The Mongols sparked interregional connection and exchange that the world had not known for 1000 years. Their close connections to the Silk Roads allowed them easier access to luxury goods. Genghis Khan revolutionized warfare in his tactics and how countries are run.
  • 1300

    Indian Ocean Trade

    The Indian Ocean Trade resulted in many things that were important to culture such as the spread of Islam, the demand for specialized products, environmental knowledge increased, advances of maritime technology, and the growth of states. Some direct effects of the Indian Ocean trade were diasporic communities which are people of a certain culture living in a different country than their country of origin.
  • 1400

    Trans-Saharan trade

    Trans-Saharan Trade was really kickstarted by the arrival of Islamic merchants in the 7th and 8th centuries. Commerce expanded when the Mali Empire took over in the early 1200s. Merchants used caravans for easier commerce and Africans trade things like gold, ivory, hides, and slaves in return for Arab and Berber salt, cloth, paper, and horses. So Trans-Saharan caused cultures to collide as well which advanced different cultures. Trade routes were known for the exchanging of foreign goods/ideas.