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3100 BCE
Egypt
Trading in Africa started in Egypt -
Period: 250 to 900
the mayas
they built cities that are now called Mexico and Central America -
Period: 300 to 1450
the Hohokam
the Hohokam dug irrigation canals in the deserts of present-day Arizona -
900
West African Trade
Trade networks also linked the middle East and West Africa.Ghana was the first major trade center in West Africa. By the 9th century the demand for gold had grown in the Middle East, as the trade in gold and salt increased, the rulers of Ghana became rich. -
1000
East African Trade
About A.D. 1000, trade centers began to appear in Eastern Africa. Trade brought prosperity to a number of cities along the East coast of Africa. -
1300
World Traders
Chinese ships were sailing trade routes that stretched from Japan to East Africa -
1300
Anasazis
They were skilled in making baskets, pottery, and jewelry. Mysteriously by the 1300's they abandoned their cliff dwellings -
1300
Silk Road
The Silk Road was one of the great trade routes of ancient times. It was not really a single road but a series pf routes that stretched 5,000 miles from Xi'an in China to Persia. -
1400
Incas
the largest empire was not in Europe and Asia it was in South America -
1400
Zimbabwe
The most powerful trade center at East Africa because the center of a flourishing empire in the 1400s. -
1400
Aztecs
Aztecs armies brought half of modern day Mexico under their control, they had effective but harsh rulers. Resentful subjects would eventually turn on the Aztecs when the empire most needed allies. -
1433
Timbuktu
Nomads captured Timbuktu -
1500
Muslim Link in Trade
a complex trade network linked in Europe, Africa, and Asia. -
1500
Iriquois
The five Iroquois nations went through a period of constant warfare. Iroquois leaders convinced their people to make peace they formed a union called the league of Iroquois -
Native Americans
Around 3,000 years ago, various groups began to marriage in an area stretching from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi valley
