Map Work

Map Work

Major States and Empires around 1500 A.D. (C.E.)

Locate These Major States and Empires On Your Map

• England, France, Spain, Russia, Ottoman Empire, Persia, China, Mughal India, Songhai Empire (Eastern Hemisphere)

• Incan Empire, Aztec Empire (Western Empire)

Traditional Trade Patterns Linking Europe with Asia and Africa

• Silk Routes across Asia to the Mediterranean basin

• Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean• Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa• Northern European links with the Black Sea• Western European sea and river trade• South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia

Importance of Trade Patterns

• Exchange of products and ideas• By 1500, regional trade patterns had

developed that linked Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.

• What were the regional patterns about 1500 A.D. (C.E.)?

• Why were the regional trading patterns important?

Advancements Exchanged Along Trade Routes

• By 1500 A.D., technological and scientific advancements had been exchanged among cultures of the world.

• Paper, compass, silk, porcelain (China)• Textiles, numeral system (India and Middle

East)• Scientific knowledge – medicine, astronomy,

mathematics.