CRASH COURSE FOR CHAPTER 8
Silk Roads
One of the world’s largest and sustained networks for exchange. The land based roads connected large civilizations but also pastoral and agricultural people in Eurasia.
Map of the Silk Road trade route
Map of the Silk Road trade route
Black Death
One of the worst pandemic out breaks in human history. It spread from China to Europe and one third of the population in Europe was gone.
The streets filled with dead bodies and the sick
The streets filled with dead bodies and the sick
Indian Ocean trading network
It has served an important role of trading. It was less expensive to ship cargo by sea then by land. It was the world’s largest sea-based system of exchange. It went from southern China to eastern Africa.
Routes for the Indian ocean trade
Routes for the Indian ocean trade
Srivijaya
Was an empire where now is modern day Indonesia. It was very influential to South Asia
Map of where Srivijaya is.
Map of where Srivijaya is.
Borobudur
It is a 9-th century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.
A picture of the temple on the outside
A picture of the temple on the outside
Swahili civilization
African Independent city states that had a rivalry within each other over Indian Ocean trading network. They were ruled by a government or under a monarch.
A picture of where they were located
A picture of where they were located
Great Zimbabwe
It now is a ruined city in the southeastern hills of Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirtkwe. They had a geographical landscape that was perfect for farming and trading.
A map of where the Great Zimbabwe was located
A map of where the Great Zimbabwe was located
Sand Roads
It was a Trans-Saharan trade route made possible with camels. Many people traveled together to get across the Sahara.
Map of the Sand Road trade route
Map of the Sand Road trade route
Ghana, Mali, and Songhay
Empires in Africa that gained wealth from the trade.
The three empires and their location
The three empires and their location
Trans-Sahara slave trade
The slaves were required to walk across the Sahara by foot.
Picture of the slaves that were mistreated
Picture of the slaves that were mistreated
American Web
There was not much trade between North and South America beacuse of the geography of the region.
Map of the region of trade
Map of the region of trade