PPT-Silk Roads: Exchange across Eurasia

Strayer Ways of the World Chapter 8 The roots of economic globalization lie deep in the past http wwwnprorgblogsalltechconsidered20131003228579712themanbehindtheshadowyillicitdrugmarketsilkroadscipadampf1001. Contributions of Classical Empires. Classical empires such as the Han, Kushan, Parthian, and Roman brought order and stability to large territories. They undertook massive construction projects to improve transportation infrastructure. 500-1500. Sea Roads: The Indian Ocean. AP World History Notes. Chapter 8. Sea Exchange. Nothing new. Begins with Mediterranean Sea trade. Participants = Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans. Italian city of Venice = major center of commerce. Silk Roads. Started by large. Empires (ex. Roman,. Han, . Kushan. ). WEST. Mediterranean area. & Roman Empire. EXPORTED: glassware. Jewels, art, decorative items. EAST. Asia, India, China. Exported spices, fruits. The Silk Road. Idea of the Silk Road. 1500 . BCE – long distance trade between Central Asia and other peoples. Rome: wanted to link Mediterranean lands with China through Mesopotamia. 100 . BCE – beginning of “Silk Road. c. 500 B.C.E.-500 C.E.. Before classical times, long-distance trade was risky and costly. Two developments reduced the risks of long-distance trade and stimulated trade during classical times . Empires invested heavily in the construction of roads and bridges—Why? . What made silk such a highly desired commodity across Eurasia?. Silk was used as currency . Means . of accumulating wealth in . C. . Asia. .. It . became a symbol of high status in China and the Byzantine Empire. Ch.7 Commerce and Culture. Silk Roads: Exchange across . eurasia. Growth. Inner and outer Eurasia—Inner pastoral groups on steppes. Pastoral people traded products of forest and steppes for agricultural products and manufactured goods of civilizations. Sea Roads: The Indian Ocean. AP World History Notes. Chapter 8. Sea Exchange. Nothing new. Begins with Mediterranean Sea trade. Participants = Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans. Italian city of Venice = major center of commerce. The Silk Road. Idea of the Silk Road. 1500 . BCE – long distance trade between Central Asia and other peoples. Rome: wanted to link Mediterranean lands with China through Mesopotamia. 100 . BCE – beginning of “Silk Road. “No nation was ever ruined by trade.”. The Silk Roads. One of the world’s most extensive and sustained networks of exchange . Land-based trade routes that linked pastoral and agricultural peoples as well as the large civilizations on Eurasia’s outer rim. c. 500 B.C.E.-500 C.E.. Before classical times, long-distance trade was risky and costly. Two developments reduced the risks of long-distance trade and stimulated trade during classical times . Empires invested heavily in the construction of roads and bridges—Why? . The spread of economic activity, . religion, & disease through trade. What are Impacts of Long-distance Trade?. Provides wealth to civilizations. Gives civilizations access . to foreign products. 200Chapter 7 3 O utlinin g se an outline t g anize main ideas a n d d s. TAKING NOTES an Chin a I n Restore to China A . II. A Highly Structured Society III. Han Technology, ommerce, and g The Chine Today you will be taking C-notes on pg. 43 in your passport. Draw your outline now. . Cultural Diffusion. The spread of one culture to another. . Example: The Japanese have borrowed baseball from the United States. .