Overview

Although Afro-Eurasia and the Americas remained separate from one some other, this era witnessed a deepening ans widening of networks of man interaction within and across regions.  The results were unprecedented concentrations of wealth and the intensification of cantankerous-cultural exchanges. Innovations in transportation, state policies, and mercantile practices contributed to the expansion and development of commercial networks, which in turned served as conduits for cultural, technological, and biological improvidence within and between diverse societies.  Pastoral or nomadic groups played a key office in creating and sustaining these networks.  Expanding networks fostered greater inter-regional exchanges while at the same time sustaining regional diversity. Islam, a new monotheistic religion, spread chop-chop through practices of merchandise, warfare, and the diffusion that was characteristic of this catamenia.

Summary:

I. Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing and newly agile trade networks.

Summary: New systems of transportation emerge and expand the connectivity between different geographic regions.  Trade routes play an increasingly important role in the relationships betwixt empires.

Audio Summary

A. Existing trade routes – including the Silk Roads, the Mediterranean Sea, the Trans Saharan routes, and the Indian Ocean basin – flourished and promoted the growth of powerful new trading cities.

Summary: The major trade routes, such every bit the Silk Road, Mediterranean Sea, Trans-Saharan network and the Indian Ocean Basin network, played a large part in the institution of new trading cities located along ports and coasts.

Textual Evidence:  The Indian Body of water trade network played a major part in the institution of the Swahili Coast City States. These cities helped connect the inland of Africa with the rest of the Indian Ocean Basin.  These Swahili states primarily provided gold, ivory and slaves to the rest of the Indian Ocean Basin.  Some other instance is Mali in the Trans Saharan trade network.  Mali became an important hub for trade, especially after Mansa Musa'south Hajj, which attracted the attention of several merchants.  Similarly, Constantinople played an important role as the hub of the Mediterranean trade network due to its prime location between Asia and Europe. In all of these trade networks, the gene that played a dominant role in the importance of a city was information technology'southward location.  For maritime networks, coastal locations were dandy, because they provided easy access to the sea.  Meanwhile, for land based merchandise, cities that were in between two regions were important, because they acted like a bridge for trade.

Visual Prove:

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This shows all the well-nigh important Indian Sea Trade network cities, and it is evident that a coastal location was very important

B. Communication and exchange networks developed in the Americas

Summary: Dissimilar technological and infrastructure developments allowed for communication and trade in the Americas

Illustrative examples:

  • Mississippi River Valley
  • Mesoamerica
  • Andes

Textual Testify:  One advice method that developed in Mesoamerica was Quipu. Quipu were necklaces with inscribed letters that were used to communicate between cities.  Some other example of a communication method is the route system built by the Incas.  This route organisation immune for extensive communication and trade between the Incan cities and immune them to more interconnected

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This is a picture of quipu, which was used past Mesoamerican cities to communicate

C.The growth of inter-regional trade in luxury goods was encourages by significant innovations in previously existing transportation and commercial technologies – including the caravanserai, compass utilize, the astrolabe, and larger transport designs in sea travel – and new forms of credit and the development of money economies

Summary: The growth of trade was encouraged by different navigational technologies, monetary developments and other technologies.

Illustrative examples:

  • Bills of exchange
  • Credit
  • Checks
  • Banking houses
  • Use of paper coin

Textual evidence: Since new technologies, such as the astrolabe were developed, empires could be more interconnected and trade was much more faster and efficient.  Some examples of this engineering science includes astrolabes, lateen sails, and compasses.  Newspaper money was also becoming more prevalent.  Caravans and caravanserai were prominent o land based trade routes such as the Silk Road. The Mongols used paper as their primary monetary form and forced information technology on to their khanates and conquests, yet this wasn't popular practise, and shortly died off. China adult a class of credit, so that merchants were able to make large payments across greater distances. Special documents, called "flying money," allow merchants pay for appurtenances and taxes without having to transport coins in bulk, therefore allowing for safer travel.  The Arab empire utilized bills of exchange to enable merchants to purchase imported appurtenances without the dangers of conveying any expensive substitution items. The bills, which work in a similar way to modern checks, required the existence of two established groups, one consisting of bankers and another consisting of merchants.

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This is a picture of an astrolabe, which was a navigational tool used in maritime trade

D. Commercial growth was likewise facilitated by state practices, including the Inca road organization; trading organizations such every bit the Hanseatic league; and state sponsored commercial infrastructures, such every bit the one thousand canal in Cathay.

Summary: Merchandise was facilitated by dissimilar state practices such as organizations, and infrastructure

Textual Testify:  One land practise that facilitated trade was the building of the Incan road system.  This road system enabled merchants to travel in betwixt the Incan cities in club to trade.  Some other practice that strengthened trade was the Hanseatic league.  This Hanseatic league brought together merchants to regulate quality and prices of trade, therefore boosting trade in general.  The thousand culvert, built during the Sui dynasty, allowed for trade between northern Cathay and southern China.

Visual prove:

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This picture shows the route of the grand canal, and you can see that it connects the north with the south of China

E. The expansion of empires – including People's republic of china, the Byzantine Empire, various Muslim states, and the Mongols – facilitated Afro-Eurasian merchandise and communications new people were fatigued into their conquerors' economies and trade networks

Summary: The expansion of empires reinvigorated and reestablished merchandise networks

Textual show: The expansion of the mongols, allowed them to make trade routes more secure, thus causing the increased use of trade routes.  The Pax Mangolica saw a reinvigorated use of the the silk road. The Muslim states, specifically the Abbasid caliphate helped to reinvigorate merchandise networks as well through the expansion and unification of state

Visual Evidence:

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The above flick shows the Mongol empire at its pinnacle, supporting the idea that through the unification of people, they reinvigorate merchandise routes

Vocabulary:

Caravanserai: inns or buildings along trade networks or routes that merchants used to                                rest and recover.

Hanseatic League: commercial and defensive confederation of merchants, guilds, and                                        trade towns used to regulate standards and prices.

Astrolabe: navigation applied science used by sailors that utilizes the angles of the sunday and                          stars to determine the position of the crewman.

Lateen Canvass: a triangular sail on a long one thousand at an angle of 45° to the mast, running in a                            fore-and-aft management.

Silk Roads: network of interconnected trade networks, in which the primary object                                 being traded was silk.

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The cartoon that shows merchandise is for the silk road

II. The motility of people acquired environmental and linguistic effects

A. The expansions and intensification of long-altitude merchandise routes oftentimes depended on environmental knowledge and technological adaptations to the surround.

Summary: Transportation, expansion and trade often depended on the exploitation of the surrounding environment.

Illustrative examples:

  • The style Scandinavian Vikings used their long ships to travel in coastal and open waters as well every bit in rivers and estuaries
  • The way the Arabs and Berbers adapted camels to travel beyond and effectually the Sahara
  • The mode the Key Asian pastoral groups used horses to travel in the steppes

Textual Prove: The Scandinavian Vikings used long ships to sail all over Europe and were dominant sea people.  The longboats were extremely versatile due to their size.  They could be used to sail in shallow rivers and make trans-Atlantic journeys.  The Vikings used these ships to travel to Newfoundland, Canada and pilfer different cities in Europe.  The Arabs and Berbers took advantage of the camel for the purposes of trade and transportation.  The Arabs helped to innovate camels to Egypt.  Camels were besides used in caravans to assist in carrying items for trade.  The Fundamental Asian pastoral groups such as the Mongols and Turks used horses for trade and transportation, because they were more suited for the terrain and environment of Central Asia.

Visual Evidence:

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This moving picture shows camels travelling across a trade route, conveying appurtenances

B. Some migrations had a signification environmental affect, including migration of Bantu-speaking peoples who facilitated transmission of atomic number 26 technologies and agricultural techniques in Sub-Saharan Africa, likewise as the maritime migrations of the Polynesian peoples who cultivated transplanted foods and domesticated animals equally they moved to new islands.

Summary: The migration of dissimilar peoples had meaning environmental effects

Textual bear witness: The migration of the Bantu speaking people cause environmental deposition due to extensive use of an agricultural technique called slash and burn agriculture.Agriculture also became more effective since the Bantu- speaking peoples migration caused a improvidence of atomic number 26 technologies.  These iron technologies immune for more efficient iron tools leading to more efficient agriculture.  The maritime migration of the Polynesian peoples also resulted in the diffusion of crops and animals overseas.  In some cases, the animals/plants introduced, destroyed indigenous ones.

Visual Evidence:

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The map above shows Bantu migrations all over Africa.

Vocabulary:

Chinampas: type of Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangular areas of                            fertile abundant land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of                              Mexico.

3 Field Arrangement: method of agricultural organization introduced in Europe in the                                               Center Ages, in which merely a third of the land lay fallow.

Terracing: a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of                                        successively receding apartment surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the                      purposes of more constructive farming.

Equal field arrangement: historical system of state ownership and distribution in China used                                       from the Six Dynasties to mid-Tang dynasty, in which state was                                                distributed as to avoid concentration of land nether ane person.

longboat: type of boat developed by vikings that were used by vikings to canvas all over the Europe

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C. Some migrations and commercial contacts led to the diffusion of languages throughout a new region or the emergence of new languages.

During 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E., many migrations and trade occurred. Due to the motility of people, unlike groups of people shared their languages to the regions they visited. The consequence of this diffusion and emergence of languages is seen today. For instance, the Polynesian migration was a very of import migration during this period. This grouping of people traveled in the areas betwixt and around the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, and Easter Island. These indigenous people brought their Polynesian language to the people who lived about this area. Many of the languages that are seen in this region have languages that developed from the Polynesian language introduced from this migration. An example of the impact of commercial movement of people, including the emergence of Swahili, a language that consisted of a blend of Bantu and Arabic. During this menstruum, trade routes became excessively used, especially by Arab merchants. Arab merchants shortly traveled to E Africa through the Trans-Saharan Trade Network and the monsoon winds that dictated the Indian Ocean Trade Network. As Arab merchants spread across East Africa, they spread and diffused their language, Arabic. Arab merchants met with many African people that migrated beyond Africa. This group of Africans spread the Bantu language, which eventually blended with the Arabic language that was used by many merchants. The migration of the Bantu people and the commercial merchandise of Arab merchants created the emergence of Swahili.

  • The Spread of Bantu Languages: The spread of Bantu languages was a effect of the Bantu Migration from 3000 B.C.E. to 1000 C.E.. The Bantu people migrated from West Africa (nowadays-twenty-four hour period Nigeria) to south and eastward Africa. The Bantu people spoke many Bantu languages that spread and diffused across Africa and also into other languages, such as Arabic. The spread of Bantu languages is clearly evident in the present, since Africa contains over 300 languages that are in the Bantu linguistic communication family. Many languages that are spoken in Africa were derived from Bantu languages.
  • The Spread of Turkic and Arabic Languages: Arabic languages spread across Africa and other regions mainly from trade of Arab merchants. Many trade routes, including the Indian Ocean Merchandise Network, the Silk Road, and the Trans-Saharan Trade Network were dominated by Arab merchants. These Arab merchants spread their civilization and Arabic to the places they visited through the trade routes. Equally Arabic became commonly used in merchandise routes, Standard arabic languages diffused to these regions and other languages in these regions. For example, Arabic blended with the Bantu language in Africa, creating Swahili. Up to the 16th century, Turkic languages became very influenced by Arabic culture. Many texts that are seen in both of the regions where these languages were common were written with both Turkic and Arabic languages. From this, historians can understand how Turkic languages were dramatically diffusing to Arab countries and influenced their literature.

III. A deepening and widening of networks of man interaction within and across regions contributed to cultural, technological, and biological improvidence within and between various societies.

A. Islam based on the revelations of the prophet Muhammad, developed in the Arabian Peninsula. The behavior and practices of Islam reflected interactions among Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians with the local Arabian peoples. Muslim rule expanded to many parts of Afro-Eurasia due to the war machine expansion, and Islam subsequently expanded through the activities of merchants, missionaries, and Sufis.
Summary: Many events that occurred in this period indirectly came from the start and spread of Islam. In 610 C.E.,Muhammad, the founder of Islam, had started receiving visions from God that independent the data that became included in the Quran, the holy text of Islam. Afterward two years, in 612 C.E., Muhammad began sharing and preaching his visions and behavior in the Arabian Peninsula (in Mecca and Medina). Through time, Islam began gaining converts from Muhammad visions and preaches, which was based on the wrongs of the inequalities in Mecca. Islam became focused on the idea of submitting to God and acting with justice, equality, and compassion towards others. Many Muslims accomplished this goal in life by practicing the five pillars in Islam. The five pillars included praying 5 times a day, giving alms and charity to the poor, fasting during the calendar month of Ramadan, going on a pilgrimage to Mecca (The Hajj), and the belief that " There is no God just God and Muhammad is his prophet." The most important purpose of Islam was to create justice on Earth by making a community consisting of compassion and a fair distribution of wealth. Islam'south behavior and practices were partly influenced on the beliefs of Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians. Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism were all religions that diffused into the Arabian Peninsula. The presence of these religions almost the spread of Islam caused Islam to be widely influenced. Since Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Judaism all were monotheistic, Islam also became influenced to be a monotheistic religion. Christianity and Judaism'due south behavior of afterlife, the final sentence day, angels, and Satan as an figure of evil, were very influential to Islam, since Islam had similar beliefs to Christianity and Judaism. Lastly, some historians believed that linear history conventionalities in Islam, the belief that history is linear and at that place is a beginning and an cease, originated from the beliefs of early on Zoroastrians. Islam spread very rapidly from the Arabian Peninsula to the Byzantine empire, North Africa, and Spain. The military was a main focus during the Umayyad Caliphate. Due to this, the army of this caliphate was very powerful and was able to conquer the city of Damascus in 636 C.E. and Jerusalem in 638 C.E.. After, the ground forces began to invade Egypt and North Africa. In 643 C.E., the army conquered Tripoli in Africa. Seventy five year afterward, the Umayyad army was able to conquer and influence many parts of North Africa. The value of merchandise in Islam also helped increase the spread of Islam. Since Muhammad was a merchant, many people in the caliphate became Arab merchants. Through this fourth dimension menstruation, Arab merchants dominated merchandise routes such as the Silk Road, the Indian Ocean Merchandise Network, and the Trans-Saharan Network. As Arab merchants traveled through these merchandise routes, they spread Islam to the places they visited, including Republic of india, Republic of indonesia, the Philippines, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Besides, Sufi missionaries were known to aid in the spread of Islam. Sufism was a new grouping that were slightly different than Muslims. Sufism valued experiences of the divine over a gear up of rules and obligations. Sufis were very successful at converting Turks and people in Sub-Saharan Africa. The peaceful attitude and religious tolerance of Sufis made them more than adequate to non-Muslims. Sufi missionaries spread Islam from the Arabian Peninsula to Africa, South asia, Southeast Asia, and Primal Asia.

B. In key places along important trade routes, merchants ready diasporic communities where they introduced their own cultural traditions into the indigenous civilisation.

Summary: Diasporic communities that were set upward by merchants were divers as communities that contained a group of people of a mutual civilization living outside their homeland. Many merchants must take made diasporic communities while they traveled along different trade routes. Most of these communities were usually nearly ports, trading cities, and significant locations or places along large trade routes, including the Silk Road, the Trans-Saharan Trade Network, and the Indian Ocean Trade Network. Examples of diasporic communities include Jews living in Cairo (in Arab republic of egypt), Muslims living in Calicut (on the coast of South Asia), and Jews living in China. Through time, some parts of the civilization of diasporic communities would spread into the cities that contained these communities. For example, the Chinese diasporic customs in Japan influenced the construction of Buddhist monasteries, temples, and graveyards in Nippon. The examples listed below explain some of diasporic communities found across in the earth.

  • Muslim merchant communities in the Indian Bounding main region: The Indian Ocean region was completely dominated by the Indian Ocean Trade Network. This network brought many merchants from dissimilar regions and cultures of the world. Many Muslim merchants participated in the Indian Ocean Trade Network. Even so, this trade route mostly depended on the weather, specifically the monsoons. The monsoons would let many ships endemic by Muslim merchants to sail across the Indian Sea and into other places. However, when the monsoon winds did not get in to India, many Muslim merchants were not able to get out the port cities of India. Through time, Muslim merchant communities started in the coastal regions of India, such every bit the port metropolis, Calicut.
  • Chinese merchant communities in Southeast Asia: During the Ming Dynasty, many merchants began to establish communities in Southeast Asia. People in China respected merchants who traveled along trade routes, including the Indian Ocean Trade Network, and lived in diasporic communities. This made many Chinese people became merchants that traded appurtenances for a living. Chinese merchant communities aided in the spread of a major Chinese religion, Buddhism. The spread of Buddhism caused many cities near these diasporic communities to build Buddhist shrines and temples.
  • Sogdian merchant communities throughout Key Asia: Sogdian merchants came from Sogdiana, which emphasized the profession of long distance merchants. These merchants began trading with Central Asia mainly for silk and other appurtenances. The Sogdian Ancient Messages are the most valid proof of Sogdian merchants traveling to China, which began merchant communities. These letters prove the establishment of Sogdian merchant communities in inner Cathay.
  • Jewish communities in the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean bowl, and along the Silk Roads: The Jewish communities in the Mediterranean, Indian Body of water basin, and along the Silk Roads, consisted of Jews. These Jews came from Israel and left their homeland because of the destruction of the Romans. These communities were mainly united through Judaism and their shared heritage. These communities spread Judaism towards India, where it became an accepted organized religion. In the Mediterranean, Jews started to become slaves for the people in this region. Lastly, these communities successfully impacted the trade in the Silk Roads.

C and D.

Summary: During this flow, many trade networks thrived from trade and the commercial motion of many merchants. The intensification of these trade routes also increased the number of travelers along the trade routes. These travelers spread their experiences from traveling through many ways. Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, and Xuanzang are three very of import travelers that impacted many people. Ibn Battuta was born in Kingdom of morocco in 1304 C.E.. He was a follower of Islam and had a pilgrimage to Mecca when he was 22 years old. Ibn Battuta traveled across many Islamic empires throughout Eurasia. His journeying fro 75 one thousand miles lasted for 24 years. Ibn Battuta compiled all of his travel journals into a volume. Another influential traveler in this period was Marco Polo. Marco Polo was built-in in 1254 C.Eastward. in Italy. Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant that began traveling forth the Silk Roads in 1271 C.E.. For twenty years, Marco Polo traveled with his family unit from Europe to Asia (Prc). He wrote a volume, The Travels of Marco Polo. This volume was very influential to Europe. His volume made many Europeans interested in the exploration. Lastly, Xuanzang was a scholar from East Asia. Xuanzang was born in 602 C.Due east. in Eastward Asia. He was a very religious follower of Buddhism. Xuanzang traveled to India, the origin of Buddhism, to find the sacred scriptures of Buddhism. Subsequently he plant these valuable texts, Xuanzang translated them into Chinese. Throughout his life, Xuanzang spread Buddhism beyond Red china.

As trade increased, cross-cultural interactions resulted in a spread and diffusion of many literary, artistic, and cultural traditions across different regions of the world. Religions widely diffused to many different places throughout the globe. Christianity slowly spread across the Middle Due east, the Mediterranean Sea,the Roman Empire, and Europe. Since Christianity is a proselytizing religion, many people, including missionaries, traveled to different regions of the world and interacted with the people, in lodge to convert people to Christianity. The spread of Christianity introduced new cultural traditions that were practiced in Christianity into places that had converts to Christianity. Neo-Confucianism and Buddhism diffused to many places in East asia. Confucianism had always been a ascendant religion in China. This religion as well had literary texts, The Analects , which clearly show the beliefs of Confucianism. Through time, Confucianism competed with Buddhism in Cathay during after 100 B.C.East.. Buddhism diffused from India to Mainland china, through the Silk Roads. Neo-Confucianism, a blend of Buddhism and Confucianism, became very prominent in the Song Dynasty. Neo-Confucianism focused on a balance and harmony between society and state. These cultural traditions of Neo-Confucianism were widely used in the guild and government of Eastern asia. The popular religions of India, including Hinduism and Buddhism, became very significant in countries of Southeast Asia. The cultural traditions and religions spread to Vietnam. Mahayana Buddhism and Hinduism slowly diffused to Vietnam through the motion of people who practiced these religions. People in Vietnam became increasingly accepting towards Hinduism and Buddhism.Vietnam began to have many converts to Buddhism. The cultural traits seen in this organized religion adult from the traits expressed in Chinese Buddhists.

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"As to their bad practices, they will exhibit their petty daughters, too every bit their male person and female slaves, quite naked. In the same fashion volition the women enter into the presence Of the Male monarch"

This quote was taken from ane of the writings of Ibn Battuta. This Islamic traveler described his journey and experiences in Mali, an Islamic land in Africa. Ibn Battuta was known to travel many Islamic empires across Eurasia, including Republic of mali. Here, he expresses his views and negative perspective on women in Africa. Ibn Battuta'southward reaction to African women show the bias many travelers had during this menses.

Visual Testify:

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This visual evidence depicts a map of the improvidence of Christianity into Europe. The map shows how most of Europe was united through Christianity. The colors on the map, testify the time each region kickoff began having a popularity of Christianity.

Vocabulary:

Proselytizing Faith: A proselytizing religion is a organized religion that consists of followers who seek to catechumen other people to their religion and faith.

Neo-Confucianism: Neo-Confucianism is a combination of the values in Buddhism and Confucianism. This religion became widely known in East asia, during the Ming Dynasty.

Sufis: Sufis are followers of Islam, who value experiencing the divine god through prayer and meditation. Sufis accept largely facilitated the spread of Islam, through the conversion of the Turks and people in North Africa.

Sogdian Merchants: A grouping of people who are descendants of the Iranian people. The origin of Sogdians was the region about Samarkand. Sogdian merchants began establishing communities through China.

Bantu Migration: The Bantu migrations was a number of migrations of the Bantu people. The Bantu moved places in gild to escape famine and drought. The Bantu Migration had people move from Congo to nowadays-day Kenya.

IV. There was a continued improvidence of crops and pathogens, including epidemic diseases like the bubonic plague, along with trade routes.

Summary: Trade routes had many advantages, as well as disadvantages. Merchandise routes brought a large corporeality of interactions between people from unlike areas of the earth. Equally these people interacted, they introduced and diffused new crops and diseases. Some crops that were introduced through trade were bananas, Champa rice, cotton fiber, sugar, and citrus. Bananas became a known crop in Eastward Africa. These crops were get-go introduced to Africa by the Polynesian Migrations that occurred around 500 C.E. and 600 C.Due east.. These Bananas impacted Eastward Africa by drastically increasing the population in Africa. In Eastern asia, a new variety of rice became very of import to agriculture in East Asia. During the Tang Dynasty, Red china invaded Vietnam. This invasion was facilitated through the technological advancements made for maritime trade routes. Communist china discovered a new variety of rice, Champa rice,  that could grow within 2 months. China brought Champa rice back to East Asia, where they grew the crop in many areas many times a years. Champa rice was able to be harvested three times in i growing season. Since the agricultural yield of rice grew, the food supply to sustain the people of People's republic of china was very large. This newly introduced ingather caused the population growth in Communist china during the Vocal Dynasty. Cotton, saccharide, and citrus were common crops that were traded along many trade routes, including the Indian Bounding main Trade network and the Mediterranean Trade network. Cotton fiber was a crop that was widely used in textiles in many regions of the world. Cotton, carbohydrate, and citrus diffused beyond the Mediterranean region and Dar al-Islam by the Mediterranean network and other trade routes. Lastly, 1 very pregnant disadvantage of trade routes was the spread of diseases. The bubonic plague or the Black Death originated from China and spread to Europe through merchandise routes. The bubonic plague reached Europe around 1347 C.E.. The Mongols facilitated the spread of this affliction through the maritime travel. This disease was carried past the fleas on infected rats, which were in many of the Chinese ships that traveled to different regions of the globe. This introduction of infected animals allowed many people beyond the globe to become infected and die from the Black Death.

Textual Evidence: The bubonic plague or the Black Death resulted from the movement of the Mongols and other people beyond Eurasia. During the 14th century, this epidemic concluded the lives of 50 million people. Europe was drastically impacted by this plague. 60 % of Europe's population died from the bubonic plague. However, this tragedy resulted in the decline of feudalism in Europe, creating a more equal social status.

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This image demonstrates the reward of Champa rice. This new variety of rice was found in Vietnam by the Chinese. Due east Asia was able to implement this new ingather into their agronomics. The spread of Champa rice to East Asia acquired an increment in the food supply and population of East Asia. This ingather was able to be grown on by and large in any place in Asia. The Chinese began harvesting this crop swell terraced fields nearly mountains, hills, and valleys. Every bit the places of growth for this rice grew, the food supply increased drastically.

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