the silk road trading network
One of the most important trading networks, of all time, is The Silk Road.
The Silk Road is "a series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interactions through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East by traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, nomads, and urban dwellers from China to the Mediterranean sea".
The Silk Road is "a series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interactions through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East by traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, nomads, and urban dwellers from China to the Mediterranean sea".
Connecting the Byzantine Empire to the Chinese dynasties, The Silk Road allowed goods to freely travel all over the Eastern Hemisphere.
Indian ocean trading network
The Indian Ocean trade network allowed spices, goods, precious metals, and technology to be exchanged from China to Java and from India to the Eastern coast of Africa.
"The Indian Ocean Trade began with small trading settlements around 800 A.D., and ended in the 1500s when Portugal invaded and tried to run the trade for its own profit.
As trade intensified between Africa and Asia, powerful city-states flourished along the eastern coast of Africa. These included Kilwa, Sofala, Mombasa, Malindi, and others. The city-states traded with inland kingdoms like Great Zimbabwe to obtain gold, ivory, and iron. These materials were then sold to places like India, Southeast Asia, and China. These items could be sold at a profit because they were scarce in Asian countries".
As trade intensified between Africa and Asia, powerful city-states flourished along the eastern coast of Africa. These included Kilwa, Sofala, Mombasa, Malindi, and others. The city-states traded with inland kingdoms like Great Zimbabwe to obtain gold, ivory, and iron. These materials were then sold to places like India, Southeast Asia, and China. These items could be sold at a profit because they were scarce in Asian countries".
west african trading network
The West African trade network allowed goods from East Africa and the Middle East to be exchanged through the empires of Mali, Songhay, and Ghana to have an established government through trading systems.
However, this allowed slave trade to be expanded throughout the Eastern Hemisphere and through ocean trade networks.