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Map Work. Major States and Empires around 1500 A.D. (C.E.). Locate These Major States and Empires On Your Map. England, France, Spain, Russia, Ottoman Empire, Persia, China, Mughal India, Songhai Empire (Eastern Hemisphere) Incan Empire, Aztec Empire (Western Empire).
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Map Work Major States and Empires around 1500 A.D. (C.E.)
Locate These Major States and Empires On Your Map • England, France, Spain, Russia, Ottoman Empire, Persia, China, Mughal India, Songhai Empire (Eastern Hemisphere) • Incan Empire, Aztec Empire (Western Empire)
Traditional Trade Patterns Linking Europe with Asia and Africa • Silk Routes across Asia to the Mediterranean basin • Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean • Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa • Northern European links with the Black Sea • Western European sea and river trade • South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia
Importance of Trade Patterns • Exchange of products and ideas • By 1500, regional trade patterns had developed that linked Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. • What were the regional patterns about 1500 A.D. (C.E.)? • Why were the regional trading patterns important?
Advancements Exchanged Along Trade Routes • By 1500 A.D., technological and scientific advancements had been exchanged among cultures of the world. • Paper, compass, silk, porcelain (China) • Textiles, numeral system (India and Middle East) • Scientific knowledge – medicine, astronomy, mathematics.