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Umayyad (661 - 750 CE) and Abbasid (750 - 1258 CE) caliphates on the Arabian Peninsula provided a powerful western node for trade routes
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The Tang and Song dynasties emphasized trade and industry to develop strong trade ties along the silk road
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The growth of cities such as Chichen Itza, Palenque, Tikal, Copan, and Uxmal occurred when the Mayan civilization flourished.
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The chinese buddhist monk Xuan Zhang traveled to India, where he spent years studying the original Buddhist scriptures. He then returned back to China and introduced new schools of Buddhism (629-643 CE)
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Trade in West Africa was developed and iron was started to be introduced in trading. Also, the trade routes ran through the Sahara desert. Included the countries Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Hausa States, and Kanem Borno. (800 - 1600)
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Genghis Khan united the Mongols and began rapid expansion of the Mongol empire
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Marco Polo traveled to China and stayed for 17 years and he made Europeans interested in China and Chinese goods by the way he described them (1271-1297 CE)
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The Black Death Plague devastated Europe, many believed that the disease Europe and Central Asia by the Silk Road
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After the death of Mansa Musa, Berbers started trading with West Africans trading salt for West African gold ("Without salt, we die").
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First converts in Mali were traders who had a religious (Islam) and commercial connection to their trading partners in the North and the rest of the Mediterranean. Also kings followed because of the shared religion that they had in the established kingdoms in the North and East gave them access to scholars who could help them cement their power. (1337 - 1600)
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Mansa Musa took over the Mali Empire after the death of his father and tried to engage in maritime trade across the Atlantic Ocean. (1374 - 1387)
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Established in the 12th century and became an important commercial centre and an intellectual capital in the 15th century. It was a university town, trading center, and merchants earned more money trading books than other goods.
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The Ming Dynasty stops trading silk outside its borders
Silk road no longer served as a shipping route for silk, and is now cultivated in Central Asia and Europe -
One of the greatest trade routes that ran from Western China to the Mediterranean. Its name comes from the popular material, silk, that came from China and was a major trade product. (206-1400)
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Portuguese sailors settled into the southern part of Africa and were eager to join in the Indian Ocean trade because Europeans demanded high Asian luxury goods.
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The creation of the Inca Road made the Inca Empire the largest empire in the Western hemisphere. The road ran through different countries throughout South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru).
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The Inca Empire was weaken by internal fighting and smallpox when the Spanish reached the Pacific Ocean.
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a ruthless European power arrived in the Indian Ocean which was the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
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British joined the British East India Company which challenged the VOC (Dutch East India Company) for control over trade routes
