3.+Inter-regional+networks+and+contacts

 "The Mongol Legacy"  Sources: Barron's AP World History (144, 154, 161, 167), http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/interdependence/images/mongol.gif, http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ekjolly/151/images/silkroadmsn.gif, 5 Steps to a 5 (108), http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Spice_Trade.html, http://home.comcast.net/%7EDiazStudents/IndianOceanMaritimeRoutes.gif
 * Trade, Technology, and Cultural Exchanges **
 * Trans-Sahara Trade
 * gold coming from Ghana
 * Muslim community of merchants
 * copper and iron were the most valuable traded metals in Africa
 * Indian Ocean Trade
 * joined East Africa, Arabia, the Persian Gulf, India, the Malay peninsula, Indonesia, China, and Japan
 * Africa exported ivory, tiber, slaves, animal hides, and gold.
 * The Middle East exported glass, horses, textiles, and carpets.
 * Sri Lanka exported cinnamon.[[image:http://home.comcast.net/%7EDiazStudents/IndianOceanMaritimeRoutes.gif width="300" height="300" align="right"]]
 * Indonesia provided spices and woods.
 * China provided porcelain, paper, and silk.
 * Japan exported silver.
 * East African coast open to cultural and economic influence
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">African goods could make it as far as China.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Chinese maritime trade expanded.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Chinese junks allowed better sea travel
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">major ports
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">East Africa - Sofala, Mombasa, and Mogadishu
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Arabia and Persia - Jidda, Mecca, and Ormuz
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">West India - Cambay and Calicut
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">China - Canton and Hangzhou
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Spice trade
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Arabians dominated it through trickery
 * spice was in great demand, used to flavor food, please the gods, and treat illnesses
 * during Mongol rule, the route spread over Asian land
 * centered in the Middle East
 * later transported by ship, often belonging to Italy, to then be sent by river to its final destination
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Silk Road[[image:http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ekjolly/151/images/silkroadmsn.gif width="332" height="196" align="right"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Trade and travel well protected under the Tang
 * 5,000 miles long
 * traded with the Middle East and the Mediterranean
 * trade continued in Song China
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">ruled an empire that stretched from Poland to Korea, and from Siberia to Vietnam
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">formed a single political authority
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">made travel safer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">revived the Silk Road trade
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">one of the premodern world's fastest and most efficient postal systems (the yam)