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Continuities And Changes In Trade Networks In Afro-Eurasia

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Economic Continuities and Changes in Trade Networks Within Afro-Eurasia in 600 CE to 1450
Trade between different areas is a useful tool for gaining more and different types of resources given a natural uneven distribution of goods and resources. Trade networks in Afro-Eurasia in the period from 600 CE to 1450 CE changed by involving different classes of people from many different peoples and spreading, despite including the original trade routes and mixing of culture. However, the Afro Eurasian trade network changed for the better as it became widespread among all classes and more ingrained with culture.
Trade networks in Afro Eurasia included the Silk Road, which had already been established before 600 CE, but was mainly aimed at an elite and wealthy market with luxury goods. The Silk Road expanded trade as a web of routes for …show more content…

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