Trade Networks of Africa and Asia

A Changing World

How is the world changing during this time?

How do you think this will effect people traveling?

First Global Age

• Long-distance trade and traveled increased dramatically in the 1400s

Islam

• 600s new religion in Arabia

• Prophet Muhammad

• People followed the Quran (Koran)

• Muslims

Trade

• Trade spread Islam

• Sailed from Middle East to Indian ocean

Silk Road• “Highway” from Asia to the Middle East• Lots of desert• Traveled in caravans

– Groups of people who traveled together for safety

Africa

• City-State is a large town that has its own government and controls the surrounding countryside

Africa

• Savanna: a region of grasslands

• Timbuktu: major trading center– Mali huge

kingdom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTrgA5xXiFU&feature=related

Songhai Empire [15c-16c]

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Africa

• Extended Families: Several generations live in one household

• Kinship: common ancestor

China

• Emperor: center of power

• 1400s China begins building huge fleets of ships– Zheng He discovers America? 1421– Maps of North America drawn by Chinese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxkvmQxM86U

China

• Chinese Ships much larger than Europeans ships

• A new emperor ends the voyages because he doesn’t see it as important

Europe

• Middle Ages:– Feudalism: system of rule by lords who

rules their land but people owe loyalty and military service to a monarch

http://lifeexaminations.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/feudalism3.jpg

Europe• During the middle

ages the Roman Catholic Church played a huge role

• The church was the source of education

• Clergy were often the only people who could read and write

http://jspivey.wikispaces.com/file/view/_Catholic_Roman_Catholic_Church_Books__History_Church_History_Vatican_Secrets_-_Hidden_History_Eucharist_2.gif/33797515/364x685/_Catholic_Roman_Catholic_Church_Books__History_Church_History_Vatican_Secrets_-_Hidden_History_Eucharist_2.gif

Europe

• 900s life began to change for peasants– New methods of farming to produce more

food– Warfare declined and trade grew

Europe

• 1100-1300 Crusades– Series of wars fought between Christians

and Muslims for control of the Holy Land– People now were venturing out of Europe– The growth of trade to the Middle East– New Experience of spices, silks and Asian

foods

http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-crusades.htm

Europe

• Renaissance: – French for rebirth– A time with great learning– 1300-1600– New inventions– German printing press Gutenberg was

invented

Europe

• People wanted new trade routes to Asia

http://mrgrayhistory.wikispaces.com/UNIT+10+-+THE+RENAISSANCE

Europe

• Portuguese Voyages– King Henry encouraged exploration– Designed new ship the caravel

• Ship with triangular sails and a steering rudder• Could sail into the wind

• Explored coast of Africa– Vasco da Gama sailed around the Cape of

Good Hope of Africa

Europe

• Portuguese explored coast of Africa– Vasco da Gama sailed around the Cape of

Good Hope of Africa

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vasco_da_Gama_in_Ellis's_History_of_the_United_States.jpg

Work Cited

• http://www.ablogabouthistory.com/2010/02/26/the-search-for-ming-dynasty-shipwrecks/

• http://img264.imageshack.us/i/islam2ie9.jpg/• http://blog.webjoogler.com/blog/wp-content/

uploads/2010/07/quran.jpg• http://www.irdiplomacy.ir/index.php?

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