Pd 1 - Sea Routes (Indian Ocean) by Samantha Gomez

Map Box

alejakar000 — 2015-10-20 14:38:10 UTC

The regions that the Sea Route passed through were East Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Also, some civilizations that engaged there were the Gupta Empire, Africa, the dynasties of China, Aksum, and then Rome.

(Sort of a reward of the civilizations who mastered sea trade.)

Introduction

buenrive000 — 2015-10-21 13:08:14 UTC

Merchants could grow rich selling goods, they traded with people in other regions. Two regions who traded regularly with each other became trading partners. When a region lacked products and another had surplus to sell they trade the goods. Trade goods maybe valuable because they are rare, useful, or beautiful. Mules, camels, and other animals worked as a way of transportation to carry goods over land. And vessels or strength of human rowers shipped goods across the sea. Merchants might buy goods with money, currency was an item that was accepted as money in a region. Merchants didn't always buy goods directly from their place of origin. Middlemen were go-betweens, buying goods from one region and selling it to merchants in another."Relay Trade" is when goods were passed down the line , changing hands many times before reaching its final destination.

Interaction with Environment

trujiale004 — 2015-10-21 13:08:29 UTC

Valuable items of exchange from Indian ocean consisted from precious resources. Spices, porcelain bowls, ivory, tortoiseshells, ambergris, leopard skins, rhinoceros horns, diamonds, sapphires, gold, pearls, and beautiful woods- including ebony, teak, and fragrant sandalwood. What made Indian ocean commerce possible where the monsoons. The understanding of these monsoons and advanced shipbuilding technologies created an interlocked human world joined by the common highway of the Indian ocean. Coastal regions of Africa had strong fishing and farming villages which throughout time became important seaports that supported market towns for local, regional, and long-distance trade goods. The Arabian penninsula was a crossroad for three continents Africa, Eurasia, and Asia which where surrounded by large bodies of water and supported trade throughout the indian ocean which made cities grow rapidly because of the extensive trade.

Culture

crystalthompson116 — 2015-10-21 13:10:20 UTC

Buddhism has affected Indian art. They carved huge statues of the Buddha for people to worship. The wealthy Buddhist merchants who were eager to do good deeds paid for the construction of stupas. Hinduism developed complex set of sacrifices that could be performed only by priests. India entered a highly productive period in literature, art, science, & mathematics that continued until roughly A.D. 500. They also had a rich literary tradition. Drama was very popular. Traveling tropes of actors would put on performances in cities. The expansion of trade spurred the advance of science because sailors on trading ships used the stars to help them figure out thier position at sea. They even made modern numbers and thee decimal system. Indian mathematics was among the most advanced southern India became a site of writing academics.

Calicut

williamjimenez404073 — 2015-10-21 13:17:36 UTC

Kozhikode is a historical town with a hoary past. From time immemorial, the city attracted travelers, with its charming physical features and prosperity. Even today , the glory of Calicut has not faded.

Kozhikode was the capital of Malabar, it was trading in spices like black pepper and cardamom with the Jews, Arabs, Phoenicians, Chinese , Dutch and Portuguese more than 500 years ago.

Economic

yasmine_Juarez — 2015-10-22 00:21:05 UTC

Along the Sea Route the manufactured goods are the following: Ivory, gold. stones, coral, tortoiseshells, ambergris, leopard skins, rhino horns, silk ,silver, cotton, monkey parrots, elephants, coral woods-including fragrant sandalwood, teak,and ebony. These goods were mainly luxury goods. The importance of these goods for people during APWH period 3 was because it spread religion, ideas, technology, disease, plants, and animals. It also shaped consumption, and daily life.