Commerce and Culture ~ AP World History Chapter 7

The exchange of goods and services between people throughout history.

The relationships and connections created by trade routes that spanned long distances, linking different regions and civilizations.

The wide range of items that were transported along trade routes, including physical goods, cultural ideas, and even diseases.

The differences in trade and commerce between the Eastern Hemisphere (Asia, Europe, Africa) and the Western Hemisphere (the Americas), and the reasons behind those differences.

One of the world's most extensive and sustained networks of exchange, primarily focused on the trade of silk, but also facilitating the exchange of other goods, ideas, and cultures across Eurasia.

The expansion and development of the Silk Roads, which connected different regions of Eurasia and facilitated trade between agricultural and pastoral societies.

The wide variety of goods that were transported along the Silk Roads, including luxury items for the elite and market goods produced by peasants in China.

The spread and transmission of cultural ideas, particularly Buddhism, along the Silk Roads, leading to the transformation and adoption of new religious beliefs and practices.

The exposure to unfamiliar diseases that occurred as a result of long-distance trade along the Silk Roads, leading to the spread of epidemics and the exchange of diseases between different populations.

The extensive and important trade network that connected various regions around the Indian Ocean, facilitating the exchange of goods, ideas, and cultures.

The development and expansion of Indian Ocean trade, starting from the time of the first civilizations and growing with the rise of Islam and the economic and political revival of China.