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Key

Mediterranean Sea Lanes

Afro-Eurasian Trade Networks

Trans-Sahara

Caravan Routes

Eurasian Silk Roads

North-South

Eurasian

Mediterranean Sea Lanes

North-South Eurasian

Important cities:

(currently)

  • Fez
  • Venice

Items traded: Cotton, spices, rice, horses, textiles

Items traded: olives, pottery, glass, wool textiles, woodwork, leather

Spread Islam, Greek Orthodox, and Christianity

Linked central Asia to South and Southwest Asia, as well as to the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea trade, linked by the major city,

Constantinople

Responsible for spreading Black Death plague from sea ports near the Black Sea

Traded with ships

Contributed to spread

of disease

Indian Ocean Sea

Lanes

Eurasian

Silk Routes

Important Cities:

  • Hang Jo
  • Kuwait (currently)
  • Domascus
  • Constantinople

Items Traded: Silk*, luxury items, grains, fabrics,

Qanat system spread (from Persians) - horizontal tunnels in mountains used for irrigation in dry areas

Mahayana Buddhism (N) developed, later the spread of Islam

Bubonic plague spread across Eurasia

Transported with carts/

wagons

Trans-Sahara Caravan Routes

Items traded: dates, cotton, dyes, glass, gold*, ivory,

salt, animal hides, slaves (mostly luxury items since camels couldn't carry bulk goods

Important cities:

  • Timbuktu
  • Fez

Spread of Islam across Africa

Traded using camels

Indian Ocean

Sea Lanes

Items traded: luxury/bulk items, silk, tea, porcelain, gold, spices*, slaves perfume, rice, bananas, ivory

Important Cities:

  • "Swahili-speaking city-states" - Kilwa, Mogidishu
  • Mecca
  • Alexandria
  • Calicut (in India, currently Mumbai)
  • Melaka
  • Hang Jo

Spread of Buddhism to East and Southeast Asia as well as Islam

Use of ships (with monsoon winds),

could take larger loads

Use of the compass

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