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Trade routes assignment

Trade routes assignment. Daniel Schollie . Abbasid dynasty circa 786 – 1194 CE(Map). Abbasid Dynasty. Used Baghdad, Cairo and Cordoba to stimulate trade and industry throughout the Islamic world Created paper using Chinese methods

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Trade routes assignment

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  1. Trade routes assignment Daniel Schollie

  2. Abbasid dynasty circa 786 – 1194 CE(Map)

  3. Abbasid Dynasty • Used Baghdad, Cairo and Cordoba to stimulate trade and industry throughout the Islamic world • Created paper using Chinese methods • Created concept of Cheque (American Spelling, Originally Check) • Bazaars held goods from around the world for sale • Increased demand for materials within the Islamic empire, such as iron, leather and glass

  4. Trans Saharan Trade • Outsiders rarely traded within the Sahara in early years • However, Locals used these North-West trade routes to sustain their cultures • Caravans of Islamic traders • Berbers • TRADED: GOLD, SALT, IVORY, POTTERY, SPICES, IRON GOODS, CAMELS, LINENS

  5. Saharan trade routes circa 1400, with the modern territory of Niger highlighted

  6. Darb el-Arbain Trade Route • Kharga and Asyut • Old Egyptian Kingdom • Romans • “Forty day road” • EXCHANGED: GOLD, IVORY, SPICES, WHEAT, ANIMALS, PLANTS

  7. Trade Routes Focused around Carthage • Garamantes ---- c.1500 BCE • Phoenecia------- c. 400 BCE • Carthage (founded c. 800 BCE) • Middle men conducted trade • IMPORTED: SALT, CLOTH, BEADS, METAL GOODS • EXPORTED: GOLD (West African), IVORY, SLAVES

  8. Silk Road Trade (map slide 8) • China Export: China, porcelain, Bronze ornaments, medicines, Spices, Perfumes, Chinese Inventions, Paper, Tea, Rice • China Import: Gold, Silver, Precious stones, Glass items, Hides, Wool, hunting dogs, Ivory, Turtle shells, Ceramics, Iron items, Mirrors

  9. Indian Ocean • Gold, Ivory, Iron were all imported • Exported cotton, silk and porcelain • High demand for these exports due to low supply • Cities were easy to reach due to location and favourable winds and ocean currents • Cargo easy to load and unload at cities

  10. Areas Of Major Trade

  11. Swahili Coast • Connected East, Central and South Africa to Indian/Pacific trade routes • Trade connected as far as Great Zimbabwe and modern day Democratic Republic of Congo • Slaves, Ivory major income providers • Currency, Pottery, Beads, Spices all imported

  12. Great Zimbabwe • Bantu people founded Great Zimbabwe on their migration southward • Trade network linked with China and Kilwa • Gold, Ivory and Cattle were all believed to have been exported from Great Zimbabwe • Pottery, currency (from Arabia), glass beads all excavated suggesting these goods were imported

  13. Timbuktu • Linked West Africa with Berbers, Arab and Jewish traders • Knowledge • On Niger River • Salt, Gold exported • Extremely Wealthy • Important Religious/Education site

  14. Viking Trade • Traded in Constantinople silks and spices for slaves (usually Russian), Amber (from Baltic’s), furs, skins and walrus tusk ivory (from Iceland/Greenland/Norway etc.) • Founded Scandinavian trading cities of Birka, Ribe, Hedeby, and Skiringskal • Used Kiev (Ukraine) to open Russian and Byzantine trading goods to Western Europe • Stimulated large economic growth

  15. Mediterranean Sea • Provided a way of trade, Colonization and war • Connected Ancient Greeks, Roman, Egyptians, Carthaginians and more • Later connected to Indian Ocean • Allowed for cultural exchange • Critical to development of Nations

  16. Berenike • eastern side of Egypt • ideal position • India shipped goods here • Redistributed amongst people (particularly Romans around 100 BCE)

  17. Dates Of Major Trading Centers • c. 200 BCE – 1300 CE Silk Road routes forming • c. 750 – 1258 CE Islamic Abbasid Dynasty • c. 1000 CE Crusaders acquire goods from middle East, become involved in world trade • c. 790 – 1070 CE Vikings become international traders, opening Russia to west trading

  18. Bibliography • Oracle Education, ed. "Saharan Trade." LibraryThinkQuest. Web. 12 Dec. 2010. • Category, By. "The Trans-Saharan Gold Trade (7th–14th Century) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Metmuseum.org. Web. 12 Dec. 2010. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gold/hd_gold.htm>. • Masonen, Pekka. "Trans Saharan Trade and West African Discovery of the Mediterranean World." The Third Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies. 19-22 June 1995. Web. 12 Dec. 2010. • "Silk Road - Trading Goods." Advantour: Tourism in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia : Travel Guides. Web. 12 Dec. 2010. <http://www.advantour.com/silkroad/goods.htm>. • "Ancient India: Super Trade Center." Social Studies for Kids. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. <http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/archaeology/ancientindiatrade.htm>. • "Ancient Africa." Browse the World at Mrdowling.com. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. <http://www.mrdowling.com/609-test.htm>. • Category, By. "Great Zimbabwe (11th–15th Century) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Metmuseum.org. Web. 13 Dec. 2010. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/zimb/hd_zimb.htm>. • Caputo, By Robert. "Swahili Coast @ Nationalgeographic.com." National Geographic Magazine. Web. 14 Dec. 2010. <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/10/01/html/ft_20011001.6.html>. • "Image:Abbasid Caliphate and Fragmentation, 786 to 1194.jpg - QED." Main Page - QED. Web. 14 Dec. 2010. <https://qed.princeton.edu/index.php/User:Student/Abbasid_Caliphate_and_fragmentation,_786_to_1194>. • "Viking Trade." The Viking Network. Web. 14 Dec. 2010. <http://www.viking.no/e/travels/etrade.htm>. • "Islam, Abbasids, Zenith Of Islamic Civilization." Google. Web. 14 Dec. 2010. <http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:MMpryfWG27gJ:history-world.org/islam9.htm Abbasid dynasty trade&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca>. • "The Indian Ocean Trade: Outreach Program." Boston University. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. <http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/materials/handouts/indian.html>. • "Islamic History: The Abbasid Dynasty - ReligionFacts." Religion, World Religions, Comparative Religion - Just the Facts on the World's Religions. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. <http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/history/abbasid.htm>. • "The Mediterranean Sea and The Gulf of Lyon." Languedoc Weather, Property, Holidays, Naturist Beaches, Wines, and Cathar Castles in the Languedoc-Roussillon, South of France. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. <http://www.languedoc-france.info/0716_mediterranean.htm>.

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