Death, smallpox and measles spread to empires along the Silk road. Who? – various cultures from the East to the West, used heavily again from about 1200 C.E until about 16.00 CE, during the reign of the Mongols. Cultural diffusion - Spread Buddhism and Christianity; spurred European interest in finding a water route to China. Indian Ocean Trade Patterns Post-classical Trade Patters increased trade during merchants used European technology advances “middle” section of Tang, Song, Yuan, and monsoon winds to allowed Europeans to explore trade routes Ming dynasties travel to and the more extensive trade in the establishment of Ming send expeditions to merchants blended Europeans were especially trading ports for display wealth of “Middle with Bantu to form interested in spices from the Chinese, Arabs, Kingdom” (Zheng He); Swahili; established “” and Europeans traveled across ocean to wealthy city-states Unfavorable balance of trade ; expeditions stopped by for Europeans (no one really Confucian scholars, but wanted/needed European trade continued goods) *Hanseatic League What? – A trading relationship between European states. The league established permanent commercial trading posts (Kontore) in a number of European towns, notably Bruges in Flanders, Bergen in Norway, Novgorod in Russia, and the Steel Yard in London. The league's principal trade consisted of grain, timber, furs, tar, honey, and flax traded from Russia and Poland to Flanders and England, which in turn sent cloth and other manufactured goods eastward to the Slavs. Swedish copper and iron ore were traded westward, and herring caught off the southern tip of Sweden was traded throughout Germany southward to the Alps. Who? – The Hanseatic League was a collection of ever growing trading centres / city-states predominantly German initially in the Baltic and Northern Europe that grouped together in 1241 to establish common trade patterns fight off pirates and foreign governments. More than 100 cities joined the league. Impact – It resulted in a substantial middle class in northern Europe, a development that would drive later changes (Renaissance, Reformation, etc) *The Hanseatic League is mentioned in your textbook, but this is basically the information you need to know. Missionary outreach of major religions Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism all had missionaries traveling through Mass Migrations – The Mongols and the Bantu
Death, smallpox and measles spread to empires along the Silk road. Who? – various cultures from the East to the West, used heavily again from about 1200 C.E until about 16.00 CE, during the reign of the Mongols. Cultural diffusion - Spread Buddhism and Christianity; spurred European interest in finding a water route to China. Indian Ocean Trade Patterns Post-classical Trade Patters increased trade during Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties Ming send expeditions to display wealth of “Middle Kingdom” (Zheng He); traveled across ocean to ; expeditions stopped by Confucian scholars, but trade continued merchants used monsoon winds to travel to and the merchants blended with Bantu to form Swahili; established wealthy city-states European technology advances allowed Europeans to explore more extensive trade in the Europeans were especially interested in spices from the “” Unfavorable balance of trade for Europeans (no one really wanted/needed European goods) “middle” section of trade routes establishment of trading ports for Chinese, Arabs, and Europeans *Hanseatic League What? – A trading relationship between European states. The league established permanent commercial trading posts (Kontore) in a number of European towns, notably Bruges in Flanders, Bergen in Norway, Novgorod in Russia, and the Steel Yard in London. The league's principal trade consisted of grain, timber, furs, tar, honey, and flax traded from Russia and Poland to Flanders and England, which in turn sent cloth and other manufactured goods eastward to the Slavs. Swedish copper and iron ore were traded westward, and herring caught off the southern tip of Sweden was traded throughout Germany southward to the Alps. Who? – The Hanseatic League was a collection of ever growing trading centres / city-states predominantly German initially in the Baltic and Northern Europe that grouped together in 1241 to establish common trade patterns fight off pirates and foreign governments. More than 100 cities joined the league. Impact – It resulted in a substantial middle class in northern Europe, a development that would drive later changes (Renaissance, Reformation, etc) *The Hanseatic League is mentioned in your textbook, but this is basically the information you need to know. Missionary outreach of major religions Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism all had missionaries traveling through Mass Migrations – The Mongols and the Bantu
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