Step One—Read the Chapter and Take Notes As You Go



Step One—Read the Chapter and Take Notes As You Go This outline reflects the major headings and subheadings in this chapter of your textbook. Use it to take notes as you read each section of the chapter. In your notes, try to restate the main idea of each section.Chapter 7: Commerce and Culture, 500–1500I. Silk Roads: Exchange across EurasiaA. The Growth of the Silk Roads1. Inner and Outer Eurasia2. Pastoral people in motion3. Indirect connections between empiresB. Goods in transit1. Luxury goods such as silk 2. Women as producers and consumers3. China and other centers of silk productionC. Cultures in Transit1. Buddhism on the road2. New forms of Buddhism: MahayanaD. Disease in Transit1. Smallpox and measles in Han and Rome2. Bubonic plague in Byzantium and elsewhere3. Mongols and the Black DeathII. Sea Roads: Exchange across the Indian Ocean A. Weaving the Web of an Indian Ocean World1. Malay sailors in East Africa2. New technologies3. India as the fulcrum4. Impact of China5. Islam and tradeB. Sea Roads as a Catalyst for Change: Southeast Asia1. Srivijaya, 670–10752. Khmer kingdom of Angkor, 800–1300 3. Borobudur and Angkor Wat4. “Indianization”C. Sea Roads as a Catalyst for Change: East Africa1. Swahili2. Rise of Islamic trade3. Lamu, Mombasa, Kilwa, and Sofala4. Cultural fusions5. Muslim Africans6. Great ZimbabweIII. Sand Roads: Exchange across the SaharaA. Commercial Beginnings in West Africa1. Environmental variation around the Sahara2. Sudanic West African trade and urban centersB. Gold, Salt, and Slaves: Trade and Empire in West Africa1. Camel caravans carrying gold and salt2. Wealthy empires based on trade3. Women in the workforce4. Slave trading5. Cosmopolitan citiesIV. An American Network: Commerce and Connection in the Western HemisphereA. Geographic barriersB. Regional trade networksC. Mayan and Aztec tradeD. Incan roadsV. Reflections: Economic Globalization— Ancient and ModernA. Luxury goods of the ancient worldB. Mass consumption in the modern worldC. Multi-polar ancient economyD. Western dominance in the modern economy ................
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