Tiered Assignment- Phoenician and Greek Colonization Impacts and Cultural Diffusion AP Key Concept 2.3. -Emergence of Trans-regional Networks of Communication and Exchange I. Land and water routes became the basis for trans-regional trade, communication, and exchange networks in the Eastern Hemisphere. A. • Mediterranean sea lanes GPS-SSWH3 The student will examine the political, philosophical and cultural interaction of Classical Mediterranean societies from 700 BCE to 400 CE.
The canal was also of economic significance as historian Simon Smith reminds us that ‘80% of the Suez traffic was British, and13% of Britain’s trade passed through the canal’ , this is due to most of Britain’s trade with India passing through the Suez. This dual economic and strategic importance of the Suez shows a strong symbiotic relationship. Britain’s taking of colonies for joint strategic and economic motives can be traced all over the continent. Another example of this is the Island of Zanzibar, of the east coast of Africa. Zanzibar was a strategic asset to Britain as it allowed it to monitor German presence around the Indian Ocean, in case Germany threatened India and Britain’s colonies in East Africa, As well
Africa experienced growth and change in their political organization and the rise and fall of kingdoms and states Before the syncretic cults, Africa's old traditions and beliefs surrounded deities, idols, and multiple gods. These god symbolized the world around them. Then, when Christianity and Islam came over to Sub-Saharan Africa, there was intermixing with the traditions and foreign religions. Christianity became popular with
Distinct differences between Upper (southern) and Lower (northern) Egypt, with the latter, in the earliest phases, showing affinities with North African cultures on the one side and western Asiatic on the other. Lower Egypt increasingly infiltrated by Upper Egyptian culture, probably through trade that also included goods from Canaan. Rich cultural influences also from western Asia. Political unity achieved gradually by the spread of a uniform material culture and a series of conflicts rather than by one single conquest. Beginning of hieroglyphic writing.
Spain's claim to these lands was solidified by the Inter Caetera papal bull of 1493, and by the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494, in which the globe was divided into two hemispheres between Spanish and Portuguese claims. These actions gave Spain exclusive rights to establish colonies in all of the New World from Alaska to Cape Horn, except Brazil, as well as the easternmost parts of Asia. French and British colonization began in the 16th century. Spanish conquistadors made their way through Central and South America claiming territory for Spain. In these newly acquired territories, the use of encomiendas was practiced.
Familiarize yourself with the most important people, places, concepts, events, etc. (the posted slides should prove particularly helpful in this respect), and think about the following: Introduction to the Course/Origins of Civilization • When did agricultural begin, and under what conditions? • What were some of the important technological developments that helped affect settlement? • When and where did civilization first appear – and why? • The Earliest Civilizations: Mesopotamia and Egypt • When did civilization appear in these regions?
2. How did the trade networks of the Hellenistic era help set the stage for the silk roads? By controlling land routes linking Bactria, which offered access to Indian markets, to Mediterranean ports in Syria and Palestine. They maintained land routes from south Egypt to the kingdom of Nubia and Meroe in east Africa, also by ousted pirates from sea lanes
Ch. 21 ~Southwest Asia Ch. 21:1 – Landforms & Resources land bridge Africa Southwest Asia forms a _______________connecting Asia, __________, & landform Europe. The most distinctive _____________ in Southwest Asia is the Arabian Peninsula Red Sea _________________, which is surrounded by the ______________ on the Persian Gulf east southwest and the ___________________on the ________. Also, on the strategic southwest side of the Arabian Peninsula is the _____________ opening to the Suez Canal Anatolian Peninsula Mediterranean Sea—the _______________.
The East Asia, Mongolian and European sub-system. The primary trade routes linked the sub-systems. Marco polo went travelled through China and Mongol empire having access to the black sea. The Fertile Crescent modern day Iraq had a central trade through its capital Baghdad which went through Persian gulf which gave access to spice trade. This system was remarkable because historians have concentrated on countries such as India, China, or France which all were in Afro-Eurasian system.
02.03 The Crusades: Assessment Channel 02.03 News 1. Today we will be talking about The Crusades. Jerusalem and the Holy Land, or Palestine, have a complicated history. The Holy Land sits at the intersection of three continents, near the birthplace of some of the world’s oldest civilizations. It also borders the Mediterranean Sea, a major artery of conquest and trade.