Mapping Regional Trade Networks
WORLD HISTORY PROJECTORIGINS / LESSON 3.4ACTIVITYMAPPING REGIONAL TRADE NETWORKS1Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Mapping Regional Trade Networks,” OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/PurposeMapping the regional trade networks in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas will help you better understand the networks frame and how communities are interconnected through trade and exchange.Process1.Read the article “Regional Exchange Networks,” andthen answer the following questions:•Why was the Afro-Eurasian network larger than the Mesoamerican one?•How did goods move along these routes—was it byhuman or animal power?If animal, what types?•How did these networks change communities in these regions?•How did rulers or societies benefit from trade?
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT ORIGINS / LESSON 3.4 ACTIVITYMAPPING REGIONAL TRADE NETWORKS22.Using the information in the article and,if needed, online research,outline the area and label the following places on the blank maps on pages 3 and 4.Include a legend for any symbols you use on your maps.•Mesopotamia (Fertile Crescent),including the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers•Egypt and the Nile River Valley•Indus River Valley,including Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro•China,including the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers•Silk Road trade networks•Indian Ocean trade networks•Teotihuacan•Olmec society•Maya society•Mesoamerican trade networks
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WORLD HISTORY PROJECT ORIGINS / LESSON 3.4 ACTIVITYMAPPING REGIONAL TRADE NETWORKS53.Review your maps,and then answer the following questions:•What are the similarities and differences between these two regional exchange networks?•How do you think these regional networks lay the foundation for the global networks that emerged later in the fifteenth century?•How do you think these regional networks are both similar to and different from exchange networks that exist in these regions today?