Trade Networks

Paper

• China

• India

• Baltic Region

• Indian Ocean region

Amber

• West Africa

• India

• Baltic Sea region

• China

What item was traded in India, China, Middle East, and later Europe?

• porcelain

• spices

• textile

• gold

Spices

• Baltic Sea

• land around the Indian Ocean

• West Africa

• Persia

Crystallizing sugar

• India

• Byzantine Empire

• Indian Ocean Region

• Middle East

Spread from China to Korea to Japan

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Christianity

Spread from Arabian Peninsula to West Africa, Central and Southeast Asia

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Christianity

Printing and Paper Money

• China

• India

• Middle East

• West Africa

Lateen Sail

• Indian Ocean Region

• Africa

• Europe

• Americas

Waterwheels and windmills

• Indian Ocean Region

• Middle East

• China

• Japan