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Trans-Saharan trade

Emerging Transregional; Networks of Communication & Exchange

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?Emerging Transregional; Networks of Communication & Exchange New tech & more familiarity with the world= movement of people through Afro-Eurasia & the Americas Movement gave rise to greater transregional interaction Networks of communication and exchange grew in # and size War & migration + trade= force driving this ^ This movement allowed Transfer of tech and knowledge Spread & mixing of religious beliefs Redistribution of plant & animals Waging of war over longer distances Spread of diseases Transregional Trade Routes Trade mainly operated on the local or regional level Because a society didn?t have the means to travel farther A wide assortment of foods and resources could be obtained in regions where climate & terrain varied Islands of Oceania & the Americas

The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 8

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CHAPTER 8 Networks of Communication and Exchange, 300?b.c.e.?1100 c.e. I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . The Silk Road A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Origins and Operations 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The Silk Road was an overland route that linked China to the Mediterranean world via Mesopotamia, Iran, and Central Asia. There were two periods of heavy use of the Silk Road: (1) 150 b.c.e.?907 c.e. and (2) the thirteenth through seventeenth centuries c.e. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The origins of the Silk Road trade may be located in the occasional trading of Central Asian nomads. Regular, large-scale trade was fostered by the Chinese demand for western products (particularly horses) and by the Parthian state in northeastern Iran and its control of the markets in Mesopotamia.
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