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
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The new technologies expanded previous trade as transportation improved and led to increased trade and expansion of the areas trade took place. These technologies included astrolabes and sextants, which were in part developed due to original trade of materials and thoughts. These items were used to navigate seas more accurately and were essential to an interconnected world. As areas of trade grew, life of every social status became ingrained with cultures miles away, and ultimately benefited society. A great example would be the printing press, originally created in China, spreading information throughout the masses of Europe in the thirteenth century and later. This demonstrates the trade routes changing to progress and spread among all people. Scientific and mathematical concepts were spread as well; such as arabic numerals, medicines, windmills, and universities. The trade routes did not change entirely, as they still incorporated previously used regions of trade and had continuous use of goods being transferred from one area to another with