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Africa has a long history of trade, going back as far as 3100 B.C. when the great civilization of Egypt arose. Egyptian traders sailed throughout the eastern Mediterranean sea and the Red Sea to bring home cedar logs, silver, and horses. Following routes South from Egypt, they traded for ivory, spices, copper, and cattle.
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in the 1700 a system of beliefs called Judaism arose among the Israelite, a nomadic people of the middle east. Judaism was the first major world religion to teach monotheism.
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Muhammad taught that there is one true god . The growth of the religion of Islam. Islam emerged on the Arabian Peninsula in the 600's.
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from about 300 A.D. 1450, highly skilled farmers called the Hohokam dug irrigation canals in the deserts of present-day Arizona. Trade brought them in contact with people who lived on the Gulf of California. The Hohokam traded for seashells, which they used to create jewelry and religious objects.
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As early as 221 B.C., a strong ruler had unified China into a single empire. Later rulers added to the empire until it covered a large part of the continent of Asia. Highways, canals, and a postal system linked China together.
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Between A.D. 250 and A.D. 900, the Mayas built cities in what is now Mexico and Central America. These splendid cities contained large public plazas lined with pyramids, temples, ball courts, and palaces.
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China ha a hugher level of technology than any other civilization of the time. In 1050, the Chinese invented printing with movable type. this was about 400 years beforethis technology was developed in Europe. The Chinese made some very goo navigation system.
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As China's empire expanded, so did its trade. China established trade links with India, Korea, Japan, the Middle East, and Africa, China's trade centers turned into cities. By the 1200's, Hangzhou was one of the worlds largest cities.
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Anasazis emerged in southen utah, colorado, northen Arizona, and new mexico. they bulit large cliff dwellings, probley to defend aginest attacks by outsides such as the Navajors or the Aztecs.
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Chinese ships were sailing trade routes that made several voyages with a fleet of more then 200 giant ships. the fleet visited 30 nations throughout ashia and africa, trading skills and pottery, and spices,gems,medicinal herbs and ivory.
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During the 1400's the Aztecs built a great capital called Tenochtitlan on the site of present-day in Mexico city. Tenochtitlan was built on a series of islands in a large lake. More than 200,000 people resided in Tenochtitlan. Making Tenochtitlan the largest city in the world at that time. The Aztecs armies brought half of the modern-day mexico under their control. the Aztecs forced people to pay high taxes. Also the Aztecs were the most needed allies
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In the 1400's, the largest empire was not in Europe or Asia. It was in South America. The vast empire of the Incas stretched down the coat of South America along the Andes, across the Atacama desert, and reached the fringes of the Amazon rain forest.
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Zimbabwe was the most powerful trade center at that time. Zimbabwelsyed on thr trade rout between the east coast and the interior of africa. traders passing though Zimbabwe had to pay taxes on and for their goods.
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In the 1400 Mali had a number of weak rulers. When nomads captured Timbuktu in 1433 the empire had been in decline for some time. it would soon be replaced by Songhai. The rulers of Songhai captured Timbuktu in 1468.
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During the five iroquois nations went thought a period of constant warfare.Finally, iroquois leaders convinced their people to make peace. they formed a union called the League of the iroquois, it Established a council t make laws to keep the peace peace.
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A complex trade network linked in Europe,Africa and Ashia. Much of his ftade passed through the Arabian Peninsula in the middle east east. ships from china and india brought their cargoes of spices,skills,and gens to ports on the red sea