AP World History
Unit 2: c. 1200-1450
Networks of Exchange
Main Ideas of the Unit:
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Improved environmental knowledge, maritime tech, and commercial practices → Expanded reach of trade routes
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Increased volume of trade → Fostered grow of new trading cities & states
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Increased cross-cultural interaction → Diffusion of different cultures in key trading cities
Main Ideas of the Topic
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Improved commercial practices → Increased the reach and volume of trade → Created new trading cities
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Specialized in luxury goods such as silk, porcelain, and textiles
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Mongols conquered many different cultures & were religiously tolerant → Facilitated exchange of many different cultures & religions
Main Ideas of the Topic
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Improved environmental knowledge & maritime tech → Increased reach & scope of this trade route
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Growth of interregional trade → Fostered growth of powerful trading cities & states
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Merchants of different cultures congregated in key trading cities → Set up cosmopolitan cultural centers → Exchanged cultural and religious ideas with each other
Main Ideas of the Topic
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Improved commercial practices → Increased the reach and volume of trade along this trade route
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Expansion of Mali Empire → More people were drawn into the trans-Saharan Trade Route
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Islam spread via North African merchants → Many West Africans converted to Islam but retained their indigenous African traditions