APWH: Unit 2

• Trans Saharan


  Connected mainly Africa & Middle East
• Goods traded on Trans Saharan trade routes

  • Gold
  • Salt
  • Textiles
  • Ivory
• Silk Roads


  Connected basically everyone (in this unit)
• Main trade cities on Silk Roads


  • Baghdad (Abbasid)
  • Merv (Central Asia)
  • Chang'an (China)
  • Kashgar (Mongol Empire)
  • Samarkand (Mongol Empire)
• Goods traded on Silk Roads

  • Silk
  • Porcelain
  • Camel saddles
  • Tea
  • Cotton
• Indian Ocean trade


  Same as Silk Roads but in the water
• Goods traded on Indian Ocean trade

  • Spices
  • Technology
• Hanseatic League


  Basically just northern Europe exclusive
• Hanseatic League


  • Insured European countries would get evenly split goods
  • Nationalized Europe
  • Led to a middle class in Europe
• Song Dynasty


  Succeeded by the (Mongol) Yuan Dynasty
• Song Dynasty


  • Spread Buddhism & Confucianism
  • Industrialized like crazy
  • Improved literacy
  • Created magnetic compass & sternpost rudder, ship advancement
• Mongols


  Genghis Khan reunited the Mongols & started on a quest for world domination
• Mongol Empire after Genghis Khan


  • Split into hordes with his grandsons taking over
  • Kublai Khan took over China & started the Yuan Dynasty
  • The Golden Horde (Batu Khan) later takes control of Russia
  • Ilkhanate takes the Middle East
  • Conquered almost the whole world - parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia
• Mongol culture


  • No real culture; religiously tolerant but this also meant No cultural advancement
• Mongol impact


  • They were big culture diffusers because their empire was huge
  • Prevented Russia from developing