Cause + Effect
Cause and Effect of Patriarchy (East Asia)
Causes
Confucianism- restricted the patriarchal restrictions on women
Effects
Women had fewer rights (ex: Foot-binding)
Identify- State Building in Africa
Agriculture w/ kin-based networks
No centralized government, chiefs + councils instead
Trade systems between states
Syncretism in Africa and Asia
Asia- Buddhism combined with Daoism, creating Zen Buddhism
Neoconfucianism- Buddhism + Confucianism
Africa- Swahili language (Arabic-speaking Muslims + Bantu-speaking Africans)
The centralized government fell apart. Local rulers took control of smaller regions near trade routes.
Trans-Saharan Trade Network
Promoted by Arab Berbers, Tuareg Tribe, Sudanic Kingdoms (luxury goods include salt, ivory, gold), Trade centers like Timbuktu
The spread of Islam
Luxury goods ( North Africa and Ethiopia)
Cause and Effect of Cultivation of Champa Rice (East Asia)
Cause
Came from Vietnam
Quick growing, could withstand harsh environments
Effect
Population growth in East Asia
Islam in Africa
Middle East and North Africa were united by Arabic language and Islamic traditions
West African merchants were spreading Islamic religion
Marco Polo
Marco Polo was from Venice and traveled throughout China. He was the first European to have spent a long period of time in Southeastern China. He became an ambassador of the Kublai Khan and kept an account of his travels in his book, The Travels of Marco Polo.
Fall of Gupta Empire
Silk Road
Promoted by caravans, maritime trade
the spread of Buddhism, Islamic and Mongol empires,
Trade centers like Samarkand and Hangzhou
Luxury goods (China, India, and Persia)
Cause and Effect of the Black Death
Cause
Merchants traveling along trade routes + maritime traders exposed populations to the sickness
Effect
Population decrease + decline of feudalism
Fall of the Han Empire
Promoted by improved knowledge of ocean currents + monsoons, compass,
Development and spread of Dar al-Islam
Trade centers, the Swahili city-state
Luxury goods (India, Swahili)
Islam Innovation
Cause
Dar al-Islam - Base from which different empires grew. Spread through traveling merchants + Sufi missionaries
Effect
Advancements in trade networks, business contracts, paper-making
Translated and expanded upon texts
Mongol use of Silk Road
The Mongols could tax merchants that traveled along the Silk Road. They allowed multiple religions to exist within the people traveling along the Silk Road, which advanced it culturally and brought religious freedom. The Mongol Empire reestablished and expanded routes among the Silk Road.
Cause and Effect of Trade in West Africa
The Kingdom of Ghana, a major trading state and first to link the Trans-Saharan Caravan trade, expanded due to trade in West Africa. The Empire of Mali also expanded due to Trans-Saharan trade.
Mongol Rise to Power
Horses- Allowed them to travel fast and have the element of surprise
Khanates- Khan had all the power
Control- The Mongols controlled places along the Silk Road, allowing them to have control over beneficial trade routes