Introduction to Part 3 and Chapter 7

Introduction to Part 3 (307)

• Discusses Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
• Long-distance trade that was represented by West African civilization
• Ukraine in Western Russia
• Japan, Korea, and Vietnam influenced from China
• Other civilizations: Indonesian island, Angkor kingdom

Other Facts:

1. Islam was the large and widely influenced
2. Collapse of Maya Civilization
3. Mexica and Aztec people creating a powerful state
4. Western Europe collapse
5. Change in human societies - Ideas, goods, and diseases
6. Interaction between societies
7. Nomadic and pastoral peoples
8. Technology rising - making cotton, food crops

Chapter 7 (315)

• Introduction of a story that relates to interactions, trade, and technology
• Trading was used for medical purposes, religious ceremonies, and unsanitary cities
• Creating "political life"

Silk Roads (Growth):

1. Eurasian
2. Steppes - Hides, furs, livestock, wool, and amber
3. Exchanging for agriculture products
4. Silk Roads grew when merchants and travelers were secured
5. Technology - yokes, saddles, and stirrups

Goods, Culture, and Diseases:

1. Not having to walk - using camel caravans as a way for traveling
2. Labor work from Elite Chinese men/women
3. China included bamboo into their silk (products)
4. China producing silk, paper, porcelain, lacquer-ware
5. Conversion to buddhism
6. Diseases affecting Roman Empire and Han Dynasty
7. Black Death
8. Sea Roads
9. Sand Roads - Gold, Salt