Intro to Part 3, Ch 7 (Culture and Commerce)

Intro to Part 3

 Ch 7 (Culture and Commerce)
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Chapter 7 talks about commerce and culture. Commerce altered consumption and shaped daily life. Trade opened a gate for people to enjoy the goods from all over the world and overall, brought a big economic change to the world. This chapter also discusses 3 types of roads, sand, silk, and sea. 

The Silk Road 
  • World's most extensive and sustained networks of exchange
  • China, Siberia, India, Middle East, Mediterranean
  • Connected Eurasia 
  • transported silk, porcelain, furs, spices
  • Buddhism was spread via the Silk Road
  • widespread diseases were spread along this road leading to the fall of the Roman Empire

The Sea Roads 
  • paths through the Indian Ocean 
  • China, East Africa, Arabia, India, Mediterranean, Southeast Asia
  • Hinduism was founded in southeast Asia from diffusion via these sea roads
  • Timber was carried and traded via these roads
  • easier to transport bulk good because the sea was cheaper than land travel
The Sand Roads
  • In Sahara desert, west Africa
  • gold and slaves were traded/sold
  • traveled through here at night to avoid heat, used stars to navigate
  • traveled with nomads


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