Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Summary
I feel like this chapter focused a lot on the Silk Road.
This road was known for commercial network that linked civilizations of the western and eastern Eurasia. The Silk Road grew and expanded, and it was known as the "economic exchange along Silk Roads". This road included different areas of specialization. The areas regional areas included: China, Forest lands of Siberia and grasslands of Central Asia, India, Middle East, and Mediterranean basin.
The Silk Roads brought culture and tradition. One of the cultures was Dunhuang, located in western China at a Silk Road trading network, and Dunhuang was also the center of Buddhism. Even though culture was created, disease also came along with it. Long-distance trades exposed people to unfamiliar diseases that would spread and spread among people leading to large amounts of death. Next, The Indian Ocean which was known as the Sea Roads, was a place for trading in the: Mediterranean basin, East Africa, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, and China.
Next, that was mentioned was Sand Roads. In the Sand Roads trade consisted across the Sahara, selling items like gold, salt, and slaves.
Lastly was the American Network. That was the Commerce and Connection in the Western Hemisphere. Before the voyages of Columbus, there was no real interaction of trade between the Western and Eastern hemispheres. Trade for the Americans was not as dense as Afro-Eurasian ones either. There was interactive web trade was with the Great Lakes to the Andes. The most prominent network trade was in the Mesoamerica region.
It's interesting reading this chapter because it shows how trade holds so much power to regions and civilizations. It shows how over time trade became that much more important and utilized. It carried large pieces of history that we wouldn't have without this type of trade and regions formulating and happening.
I feel like this chapter focused a lot on the Silk Road.
This road was known for commercial network that linked civilizations of the western and eastern Eurasia. The Silk Road grew and expanded, and it was known as the "economic exchange along Silk Roads". This road included different areas of specialization. The areas regional areas included: China, Forest lands of Siberia and grasslands of Central Asia, India, Middle East, and Mediterranean basin.
The Silk Roads brought culture and tradition. One of the cultures was Dunhuang, located in western China at a Silk Road trading network, and Dunhuang was also the center of Buddhism. Even though culture was created, disease also came along with it. Long-distance trades exposed people to unfamiliar diseases that would spread and spread among people leading to large amounts of death. Next, The Indian Ocean which was known as the Sea Roads, was a place for trading in the: Mediterranean basin, East Africa, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, and China.
Next, that was mentioned was Sand Roads. In the Sand Roads trade consisted across the Sahara, selling items like gold, salt, and slaves.
Lastly was the American Network. That was the Commerce and Connection in the Western Hemisphere. Before the voyages of Columbus, there was no real interaction of trade between the Western and Eastern hemispheres. Trade for the Americans was not as dense as Afro-Eurasian ones either. There was interactive web trade was with the Great Lakes to the Andes. The most prominent network trade was in the Mesoamerica region.
It's interesting reading this chapter because it shows how trade holds so much power to regions and civilizations. It shows how over time trade became that much more important and utilized. It carried large pieces of history that we wouldn't have without this type of trade and regions formulating and happening.
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