CCOT Essay Sewanhaka High School高中作文sewanhaka CCOT.ppt

Analyze continuities and changes in commerce along the Indian Ocean from 650 C.E. to 1450 C.E. (the actual AP exam asked for up until 1750) Malay sailors began riding monsoons to go to China and India (passed knowledge to others and made connections with various people) Desire for cotton and sugar from India Desire for silk from China and spices from East Indies (cinnamon, pepper, cloves, nutmeg, mace) 650 1450 Tang Dynasty (618-907) Song Dynasty (960-1279) Umayyad Dynasty (661-750) Abbasid Dynasty (750-1258) Mongols (1200s-1300s) Swahili City-States (formed during 700s and flourished from 1000-1500) Srivijaya (controlled Strait of Malacca from 670-1025) Ming (1368-1644) Europeans enter Indian Ocean trade (late 1400s) Malay sailors use monsoons; Indian traders Intensified interactions all across Eurasia and Africa Spread compass, printing, and gunpowder (from China to Persia to Europe) Spread of plague What is staying the same during this time period? Reliance on monsoon winds Exchange of goods is constant (sugar, cotton, spices, silk, textiles) Spread of religions is constant (Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam) Spread of advances (gunpowder, compass, printing from China; math from India) Trade routes (expansion) East African Swahili States Greater inclusion of China (Tang/Song) Dominating empires Rise of Islam (greater inclusion of East Africa and creation of Swahili states; astrolabe and dhows made trade easier ) Reunification of China (Tang/Song) – intensified interactions and led to creation of Srivijaya; compass and junks made trade easier) Rise of Mongols – led to increased interest in trade by Europeans Ming – initially held off Europeans (reasserted China’s greatness), but withdrawal opened door for Europeans) Creation of new states Srivijaya (driven by all water route to China through Strait of Malacca) Swahili City-States (Swahili was a mix of Arabic and Bantu) Participation of Europeans (Portuguese and Dutch) What is going on during this time period