KC 3.1 Exchanges
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KEY Concept 3.1: Expansion
and Intensification of
Communication and Exchange
Networks
(Part 3- Cross-Cultural
Exchanges)
Period 3: 600 CE – 1450 CE
Cross-Cultural Exchanges
Fostered by the intensification of
existing, or the creation of new,
networks of trade and
communication
Islam
Developed in the Arabian peninsula
Based on the revelations of the prophet Muhammad
Beliefs and practices reflected interactions among
Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians with the local Arab
peoples
Spread: Military & Trade
Diaspora
The dispersion of people from their original homeland
In key places along important trade routes, merchants
set up diasporic communities where they introduced
their own cultural traditions into the indigenous
culture
MUSLIMS in the INDIAN OCEAN
CHINESE in SOUTHEAST ASIA
JEWS in the MEDITERRANEAN
Inter-Regional Travelers
Writings illustrate both the extent and the limitations
of intercultural knowledge and understanding
Ibn Battuta
Book: Rihla (Journey)
Nationality:
Moraccan/Berber
Religion: Islam
Distance: 73,000 Miles
(44 Countries)
Marco Polo
Book: Travels of Marco
Polo
Nationality:
Venice/Italian
Religion: Christian
(Catholic)
Distance: 25,000 Miles
Xuanzang
Book: Journey to the West
Nationality: Tang
China
Religion: Buddhist
(Monk)
Distance: 1,000s of
Miles
Cross-Cultural Diffusion
Neoconfucianism,
Hinduism,
Buddhism
Southeast Asia
Cross-Cultural Diffusion
ISLAM
Southeast Asia
& Sub-Saharan
Africa
Cross-Cultural Diffusion
Printing &
Gunpowder
from East Asia
Islamic Empires
& Western
Europe
Cross-Cultural Diffusion
Greek &
Indian Math
Islamic
Empires
Cross-Cultural Diffusion
Greek Science
& Philosophy
Back to Europe
via ISLAMIC
EMPIRES
Diffusion of Crops
New foods and agricultural techniques were adopted
in populated areas
Bananas in Africa
New rice varieties in East Asia
Spread of cotton, sugar, and citrus throughout Dar-al-
Islam and the Mediterranean basin
Diffusion of Pathogens
Spread of epidemic diseases, including the Black
Death, followed well-established paths of trade and
military conquest