AfroEurasian Trade AP World Ms. Jackson. Questions 1.What is the name of the routes shown on the map? 2.What motivated merchants to trade goods along.

AfroEurasian Trade

AP World Ms. Jackson

Questions

1. What is the name of the routes shown on the map?

2. What motivated merchants to trade goods along these routes?

3. What benefit did the imperial governments get from protecting the routes inside their borders?

4. Which bodies of water would merchants use to transport their goods?

5. In which regions were camels used effectively for travel along these routes?

Greek Sculpture of Alexander the Great in India, 325 B.C.E.

Gandharan Buddha, Afghanistan, 4th century, B.C.E.

Questions1. What is similar about these two sculptures?

2. What is different about these two sculptures?

3. What conclusions can you draw about the reasons for the similarities and the differences?

Silk Roads and Gold RoadsTrade Routes of the Classical and Post Classical Periods

Questions1. What role did nomadic peoples play along the Silk Roads and Gold Roads?

2. Which empire(s) did the Gold Roads go through?

3. Which empires did the Silk Roads go through?

Questions1. Pick three different colors for the key. Color in the lines for the three belief

systems.

2. To which regions did Buddhism spread?

3. To which region did Hinduism spread?

4. To which regions did Christianity spread?

Question1. What role did seasonal monsoon winds

play in the Indian trade network?

Essential Question: How did trading networks and geographic factors influence maritime trade from Southeast Asia to other areas in the classical world from 100 BCE to 100 CE?

For more than three thousand years, the ancient world was linked by elaborate trading routes that connected most parts of AfroEurasia. As caravans carried luxury goods on the Silk Roads to old markets in South Asia and to the burgeoning markets in the Roman Empire, a parallel maritime trade linked Asian markets to Africa and the Mediterranean region. A complex network of sailing ships, dependent on seasonal monsoon winds, carried cargoes from India to Southeast Asia to ports through the ancient world. Most notable about the sea routes conducted by intermediaries (Arab, Indian, and Malay seafarers) was that they concealed the source of their goods to protect that lucrative trade. The demand for these fragrant spices and aromatic resins, worth their weight in gold, also spurred geographers, astronomers, and merchant sailors to chart new understanding of their physical world.

The Spice Trade

From the Mediterranean to Southeast Asia

During the First Century CE

Project1. Use the outline map of AfroEurasia to construct a map that depicts the movement

of goods along specific trade routes and through specific empires during the Classical and Post-Classical periods.

2. Map MUST include the following:• Goods traded.

• Must include at least 15 specific goods. • Must include pictures and text of goods traded.

• Lines showing the movement of the goods from Point A to Point B.• Empires must be labeled and shaded to show boundaries.• Trade Routes must be labeled.• A key.