Eastern HemisphereWHI. 10a

Major Trade Routes During the Middle Ages (Medieval Period) several major trading routes

developed in the Eastern Hemisphere. Trading routes developed through Europe, Africa, and Asia

Trade Routes The Silk Road across Asia to the Mediterranean

Trade Routes Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean

Trade Routes Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa

Trade Routes Northern European links with the Black Sea

Trade Routes Western European sea and river trade

Trading Routes South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia

Eastern Hemisphere Effects Regional trade networks and long-distance trade routes in the Eastern

Hemisphere aided the diffusion and exchange of technology and culture among Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Goods Gold from West Africa

Spices from lands around the Indian Ocean

Textiles from India, China, the Middle East, and later Europe

Goods Porcelain from China and Persia

Amber form the Baltic region (Fossilized Sap)

Technology Paper from China, went through the Muslim world to Byzantium and

Western Europe

New crops from India such as making sugar

Technology Waterwheels and windmills

Navigation.. Example would be the Compass from China, lateen sail from Indian Oceans

Ideas Religion spread across the hemisphere

Buddhism from China to Korea and Japan

Hinduism and Buddhism from India to Southeast Asia

Islam into West Africa, Central and Southwest Asia

Printing and paper money from China