Indigenous communities in ancient times engaged in agriculture, animal domestication, weaving, crafts and other cottage industries to generate surpluses. Family-based apprenticeships helped pass skills across generations. Intermediaries like agents and brokers facilitated trade and provided financial security. Merchant guilds and corporations formed to protect trader interests. Land and sea routes connected places in India and abroad, facilitating domestic and international trade of goods. Major trading communities included merchants from Punjab, Gujarat, and South India who dominated regional and inter-regional trade.
Indigenous banking system, Interneduaries, Trading Communities in India, VIVA...PROF. PUTTU GURU PRASAD
Rise of Intermedierties, Indian Ancient Trading Communities, Ancient Commercial Business Markets, Old Business Towns in India, Spice Road, Silk Road, Amber Road, Trans African Road, Incense Road,
This document summarizes trade networks that developed across different regions between 500-1500 CE. It discusses the Silk Roads that connected China, India, the Middle East and Mediterranean societies, facilitating the spread of goods, cultures and diseases. It also describes the Indian Ocean trade network enabled by monsoon winds, and the key role of India. Major port cities emerged in Southeast Asia and East Africa engaged in the lucrative Indian Ocean trade. In West Africa, trans-Saharan trade routes developed using camels, connecting the Mediterranean world with West African empires involved in the gold trade. The Americas had more localized trade due to geographic barriers, but states like the Maya, Aztec and Inca developed important trade networks within their regions.
- India, China, and Southeast Asia engaged in overland and maritime trade along major routes like the Silk Road. They traded goods like spices, silk, tea, and gold.
- Territorial expansion by empires like the Mauryans and invasions by Alexander the Great helped establish trade routes across India. The Han dynasty expanded Chinese control and established routes in Central Asia.
- Major port cities in each region grew prosperous from maritime trade. Southeast Asian kingdoms sent tribute to China through diplomacy along trade networks. Cultural exchange of ideas, religion, and customs occurred along these interaction corridors.
The document discusses several major trade routes that connected different regions of Afro-Eurasia, including the Silk Road, Trans-Saharan routes, and Indian Ocean trade networks. It describes how these routes facilitated the spread of economic activity, religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, and diseases such as bubonic plague. Key commodities traded along the routes included silk, spices, tea, horses, and various agricultural and industrial goods. The routes also contributed to the transmission of ideas as merchants introduced new languages, cultural practices, and religions to places along the way.
The document summarizes some of the major historical and modern trade routes in Asia. It describes several ancient trade routes that developed as early as 1500 BC, including the Incense Route connecting India, the Middle East, and East Asia, the Silk Road connecting Eastern and Western civilizations, and the Grand Trunk Road connecting India and Pakistan. It then discusses some key modern trade routes, noting that China is emerging as a major trading nation and developing extensive infrastructure. Modern routes move large volumes of trade via road, rail, sea, and air networks.
1) The document discusses different methods of interaction between civilizations including trade, territorial expansion, and diplomacy. It provides details on overland and maritime trade routes in India, China, and Southeast Asia.
2) Major trading goods included spices, silk, silver, and cotton. Port cities in Southeast Asia like Malacca grew due to their role in the spice trade routes between China, India, and Europe.
3) Cultural exchanges occurred along trade routes, with aspects of Chinese culture spreading throughout Southeast Asia. India also culturally influenced the region through the process of Indianization. Territorial expansion also brought different cultural groups under single rulers in mainland Southeast Asia.
Indigenous banking system, Interneduaries, Trading Communities in India, VIVA...PROF. PUTTU GURU PRASAD
Rise of Intermedierties, Indian Ancient Trading Communities, Ancient Commercial Business Markets, Old Business Towns in India, Spice Road, Silk Road, Amber Road, Trans African Road, Incense Road,
This document summarizes trade networks that developed across different regions between 500-1500 CE. It discusses the Silk Roads that connected China, India, the Middle East and Mediterranean societies, facilitating the spread of goods, cultures and diseases. It also describes the Indian Ocean trade network enabled by monsoon winds, and the key role of India. Major port cities emerged in Southeast Asia and East Africa engaged in the lucrative Indian Ocean trade. In West Africa, trans-Saharan trade routes developed using camels, connecting the Mediterranean world with West African empires involved in the gold trade. The Americas had more localized trade due to geographic barriers, but states like the Maya, Aztec and Inca developed important trade networks within their regions.
- India, China, and Southeast Asia engaged in overland and maritime trade along major routes like the Silk Road. They traded goods like spices, silk, tea, and gold.
- Territorial expansion by empires like the Mauryans and invasions by Alexander the Great helped establish trade routes across India. The Han dynasty expanded Chinese control and established routes in Central Asia.
- Major port cities in each region grew prosperous from maritime trade. Southeast Asian kingdoms sent tribute to China through diplomacy along trade networks. Cultural exchange of ideas, religion, and customs occurred along these interaction corridors.
The document discusses several major trade routes that connected different regions of Afro-Eurasia, including the Silk Road, Trans-Saharan routes, and Indian Ocean trade networks. It describes how these routes facilitated the spread of economic activity, religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, and diseases such as bubonic plague. Key commodities traded along the routes included silk, spices, tea, horses, and various agricultural and industrial goods. The routes also contributed to the transmission of ideas as merchants introduced new languages, cultural practices, and religions to places along the way.
The document summarizes some of the major historical and modern trade routes in Asia. It describes several ancient trade routes that developed as early as 1500 BC, including the Incense Route connecting India, the Middle East, and East Asia, the Silk Road connecting Eastern and Western civilizations, and the Grand Trunk Road connecting India and Pakistan. It then discusses some key modern trade routes, noting that China is emerging as a major trading nation and developing extensive infrastructure. Modern routes move large volumes of trade via road, rail, sea, and air networks.
1) The document discusses different methods of interaction between civilizations including trade, territorial expansion, and diplomacy. It provides details on overland and maritime trade routes in India, China, and Southeast Asia.
2) Major trading goods included spices, silk, silver, and cotton. Port cities in Southeast Asia like Malacca grew due to their role in the spice trade routes between China, India, and Europe.
3) Cultural exchanges occurred along trade routes, with aspects of Chinese culture spreading throughout Southeast Asia. India also culturally influenced the region through the process of Indianization. Territorial expansion also brought different cultural groups under single rulers in mainland Southeast Asia.
The document summarizes Indo-Roman trade between 200 BCE and 300 CE. It discusses the political conditions in India and Rome during this period, including the rule of various dynasties. The key sources of information about Indo-Roman trade are identified as literary works, archaeological evidence, and inscriptions. Major ports involved in the trade route are listed. Items exported from India included spices, textiles, minerals, gems, and ivory. Items imported to India were luxury goods like wine and glass. The trade led to an outflow of Roman gold, but benefited Indian merchants.
Dr, Ambedkar has written very good thesis on Ancient Indian Commerce.
Bharat had very well developed Agriculture, manufacturing, trade and services since ancient time.
Improved transportation and communication technologies led to increased trade volumes and expanded trade routes during the post-classical period. Existing routes like the Silk Roads and Mediterranean Sea lanes flourished as the Indian Ocean route connected Africa, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and China. This east-west contact along with other routes promoted the growth of powerful new trading cities and the spread of crops, technologies, and diseases around the Eastern Hemisphere. By 1000 CE, interregional connections had developed and solidified, marking a turning point towards globalization.
The document discusses three major trade routes between 500-1500 CE: the Silk Roads, the Indian Ocean trade route, and the Trans-Saharan trade route. It instructs readers to draw and label the routes on a map, and note the main trade goods, ideas, diseases, and technologies exchanged along each one. It also notes that early trade between different ecological zones helped develop these larger trade systems, which often involved relay-style trade not directly between countries, and exposed diverse cultures to each other. Luxury goods made up a significant portion of items traded, including silk, porcelain, spices, fragrances, metals and ivory.
The document provides an overview of the key topics and concepts that will be covered in a chapter about medieval Africa, including:
- The rise of African civilizations in western and eastern Africa, shaped by geography and trade. Kingdoms like Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Axum, and Great Zimbabwe are discussed.
- The governments and religions that influenced life in medieval Africa, including traditional African religions, the growth of centralized governments in West African empires, and the spread of Islam.
- African society and culture, specifically how the Bantu migrations shaped cultures and how the slave trade later disrupted many cultures.
Guilds played an important role in trade and commerce throughout ancient Indian history. They were organized groups of merchants and artisans that helped facilitate economic activity and growth. Guilds gained significant power and influence over time, taking on administrative, judicial, and banking functions in many cities and helping support the development of arts, crafts, and infrastructure projects through their donations.
In 2.0 version of the presentation, I have added several slides on the Srivijaya and of the Chola Empire and reconstruction of the Borobudur ship.
To cover over 2 millennium of maritime trade, in the Middle East, India, SE Asia and China under 50 slides, can only give us the briefest gleam into the course of history. To get the benefit of the slides, you will need to set aside some time to read through the contents. Our perceptions on the maritime contacts are changing too. The discovery in particular of dozens of ancient shipwrecks in Southeast Asia has built up a picture of the historic trade and the technology.
The voyage of the Chinese mariner Zhenghe and his voyages to the Indian Ocean. Until recently it is relatively unknown in the West. When I get started, I found that these spectacular Zhenghe's voyages were only the last brilliant chapter of the Asian Maritime book, before the arrival of the European by sea. As I dig deeper, I discovered dozen of shipwrecks and the achievements went far into the past.
The Srivijaya was the Asian equivalent of the European maritime power, like Venice. Their power was based on the control of the sea-lanes, with a series of ports and they rarely ventured into the hinterlands. This and other powers in Southeast Asia were in turned seeded by an even older maritime power in south India, the Cholas Empire. From India the journey took me further west to the lands of the Arab and Persian, the maritime world of Sinbad the Sailor. Until the arrival of the European and before the development of the Chinese maritime network in the Tang Dynasty, Arab dhows sailed across the ocean and the seas from ends to ends, linking distance people of China to the European. At last, I arrived in Alexandria, the ancient trading hub of the Mediterranean world, a bridge between the East with the West.
In the slides, I have included three incidences of overseas traders being massacred in Chinese history. This is not to put black marks on an otherwise successful Chinese civilisation, but to remind ourselves how history have been sanctified one way or another. History should be a honest account of the past, without distortions and omissions. History is the witness. I hope in these few slides, would help to understanding an aspect of human civilization on Earth. Too often our own ego-centric interest becomes a source of our own ignorance.
Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta were two famous medieval travelers. Marco Polo traveled extensively in Asia for 24 years as a merchant and explorer. Ibn Battuta's travels lasted 30 years and took him throughout the Muslim world, as well as to places like China and India. John of Montecorvino was an Italian Franciscan missionary who established Catholic missions in India and China in the late 13th century.
To cover over 2 millennium of maritime trade, in the Middle East, India, SE Asia and China under 50 slides, can only give us the briefest gleam into the course of history. To get the benefit of the slides, you will need to set aside some time to read through the contents (This is a very wordy document. It takes time to read). Our perceptions on the maritime contacts are changing too. The discovery in particular of dozens of ancient shipwrecks in Southeast Asia has built up a picture of the historic trade and the technology.I hope in these few slides, would help to understanding an aspect of human civilization on Earth.
Too often our own ego-centric interest becomes a source of our own ignorance.
The ancient Silk Road originated in Xi'an, China and traversed through regions of China like Shanxi province and the Hexi Corridor before entering Central Asia and eventually ending in the Mediterranean. To protect caravans carrying silk and other goods, the Han government sent Zhang Qian on a diplomatic mission in the 2nd century BC to build relationships with tribes along the route. This helped establish the Silk Road as a safe trade network between China and the West. Centuries later, during the Tang Dynasty, Buddhist monk Xuanzang traveled westward on the Silk Road, helping spread cultural exchange. Trade along the Silk Road peaked under the Yuan Dynasty in the 13th century before eventually declining as sea trade rose.
Africa has diverse geography including deserts, rainforests, and savannas. Several powerful empires rose in West Africa between 400-1500 CE including Ghana, Mali, and Songhai which controlled trade routes across the Sahara desert and grew wealthy from gold and salt trading. Other civilizations included the Benin and Kongo kingdoms in central Africa and the Ethiopian and Zimbabwean kingdoms in East Africa, which participated in regional and international trade networks.
This document provides answers to questions from 10 chapters on medieval Indian history. It covers topics such as important kingdoms and rulers of the time, sources of information for understanding the Delhi Sultanate, the establishment of Mughal rule in India, architecture and monuments from different periods, the development of towns and trade, tribal and rural communities, religious movements and sects, and the emergence of new political formations in the 18th century. The responses are concise and provide the essential information requested in each question.
The document discusses the economies of ancient India, including the Indus Valley civilization, Vedic civilization, and Mauryan Empire. It notes that the Indus Valley economy depended on trade facilitated by advances in transport like boats and carts. The Vedic economy was initially nomadic and based on cattle herding but transitioned to an agricultural economy with rice cultivation. The Mauryan Empire standardized currency and infrastructure, enhancing trade, agriculture and economic activity across India through a single administrative system. It established a prosperous economy with an international trade network and public works projects.
During the Tang Dynasty in China from 618-907 CE, the Silk Road experienced a Golden Age. Caravansaries along the route provided food, lodging, and opportunities for socialization and exchange of ideas. The Southern Silk Road was important during WWII as it allowed Allied supply lines to China. Traders had to pay taxes, declare goods, and register for travel along the multiple routes stretching from Changan, China to Antioch, Turkey through countries like Uzbekistan.
This document provides an overview of India, some of its major cities and sites of cultural and historical significance. It discusses key facts about India's large population and economy. It then describes several important monuments, temples, and other landmarks in Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Varanasi, Udaipur, and Mumbai that provide insights into India's rich history and religious diversity. It also shares perspectives on aspects of contemporary Indian life and culture.
The document provides an overview of the spread and culture of the early Islamic empires from the 7th-13th centuries CE. It summarizes that under the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, the Dar al-Islam expanded rapidly through military conquest and conversion, establishing an vast empire with standardized systems of administration, law, and taxation. Major cities like Baghdad and Cordoba became centers of learning, trade, and cultural flowering, contributing advances in many fields including mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and literature during the Golden Age of Islam. The empires declined due to internal dissent, popular revolts, and later Mongol invasions, though Islamic culture continued to influence other societies.
Major trade routes developed between Europe, Africa, and Asia during the medieval period, facilitating the exchange of goods like spices, silk, textiles, and porcelain. These trading networks also spread cultural and technological innovations, including paper from China, new crops from India, navigation techniques, and major world religions across vast regions of Afro-Eurasia. Regional trade and long-distance commerce thus connected distant societies and aided the diffusion of ideas, beliefs, and innovations across the Eastern Hemisphere.
The document discusses trade routes and civilizations in the ancient world. It describes how the Phoenicians developed an alphabet that influenced Greek and Roman scripts and their purple dye made from sea snails. It also outlines Roman trade routes and the Silk Road for transporting goods like spices, silk, and incense between China, Rome, and Africa. Petra in Jordan grew wealthy from the spice trade and carved structures into the rock faces.
Indian ancient history, the golden era, spice trade, spice road, silk road, Indigenous merchants, Swarna Bhoomi, Vijayanagara samrajyam, Hundi, Chitti, Bill of Exchange
Between 1200-1500 CE, tropical Africa and Asia experienced significant social, economic, and political changes. The spread of Islam and increased Indian Ocean trade connected diverse regions and introduced new ideas, technologies, and crops. Major Islamic empires like Mali and the Delhi Sultanate rose as traders established port cities along the East African coast and Southeast Asia. However, these societies also saw rising inequality and slavery as elite urban classes benefited more from trade than ordinary people.
The document summarizes Indo-Roman trade between 200 BCE and 300 CE. It discusses the political conditions in India and Rome during this period, including the rule of various dynasties. The key sources of information about Indo-Roman trade are identified as literary works, archaeological evidence, and inscriptions. Major ports involved in the trade route are listed. Items exported from India included spices, textiles, minerals, gems, and ivory. Items imported to India were luxury goods like wine and glass. The trade led to an outflow of Roman gold, but benefited Indian merchants.
Dr, Ambedkar has written very good thesis on Ancient Indian Commerce.
Bharat had very well developed Agriculture, manufacturing, trade and services since ancient time.
Improved transportation and communication technologies led to increased trade volumes and expanded trade routes during the post-classical period. Existing routes like the Silk Roads and Mediterranean Sea lanes flourished as the Indian Ocean route connected Africa, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and China. This east-west contact along with other routes promoted the growth of powerful new trading cities and the spread of crops, technologies, and diseases around the Eastern Hemisphere. By 1000 CE, interregional connections had developed and solidified, marking a turning point towards globalization.
The document discusses three major trade routes between 500-1500 CE: the Silk Roads, the Indian Ocean trade route, and the Trans-Saharan trade route. It instructs readers to draw and label the routes on a map, and note the main trade goods, ideas, diseases, and technologies exchanged along each one. It also notes that early trade between different ecological zones helped develop these larger trade systems, which often involved relay-style trade not directly between countries, and exposed diverse cultures to each other. Luxury goods made up a significant portion of items traded, including silk, porcelain, spices, fragrances, metals and ivory.
The document provides an overview of the key topics and concepts that will be covered in a chapter about medieval Africa, including:
- The rise of African civilizations in western and eastern Africa, shaped by geography and trade. Kingdoms like Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Axum, and Great Zimbabwe are discussed.
- The governments and religions that influenced life in medieval Africa, including traditional African religions, the growth of centralized governments in West African empires, and the spread of Islam.
- African society and culture, specifically how the Bantu migrations shaped cultures and how the slave trade later disrupted many cultures.
Guilds played an important role in trade and commerce throughout ancient Indian history. They were organized groups of merchants and artisans that helped facilitate economic activity and growth. Guilds gained significant power and influence over time, taking on administrative, judicial, and banking functions in many cities and helping support the development of arts, crafts, and infrastructure projects through their donations.
In 2.0 version of the presentation, I have added several slides on the Srivijaya and of the Chola Empire and reconstruction of the Borobudur ship.
To cover over 2 millennium of maritime trade, in the Middle East, India, SE Asia and China under 50 slides, can only give us the briefest gleam into the course of history. To get the benefit of the slides, you will need to set aside some time to read through the contents. Our perceptions on the maritime contacts are changing too. The discovery in particular of dozens of ancient shipwrecks in Southeast Asia has built up a picture of the historic trade and the technology.
The voyage of the Chinese mariner Zhenghe and his voyages to the Indian Ocean. Until recently it is relatively unknown in the West. When I get started, I found that these spectacular Zhenghe's voyages were only the last brilliant chapter of the Asian Maritime book, before the arrival of the European by sea. As I dig deeper, I discovered dozen of shipwrecks and the achievements went far into the past.
The Srivijaya was the Asian equivalent of the European maritime power, like Venice. Their power was based on the control of the sea-lanes, with a series of ports and they rarely ventured into the hinterlands. This and other powers in Southeast Asia were in turned seeded by an even older maritime power in south India, the Cholas Empire. From India the journey took me further west to the lands of the Arab and Persian, the maritime world of Sinbad the Sailor. Until the arrival of the European and before the development of the Chinese maritime network in the Tang Dynasty, Arab dhows sailed across the ocean and the seas from ends to ends, linking distance people of China to the European. At last, I arrived in Alexandria, the ancient trading hub of the Mediterranean world, a bridge between the East with the West.
In the slides, I have included three incidences of overseas traders being massacred in Chinese history. This is not to put black marks on an otherwise successful Chinese civilisation, but to remind ourselves how history have been sanctified one way or another. History should be a honest account of the past, without distortions and omissions. History is the witness. I hope in these few slides, would help to understanding an aspect of human civilization on Earth. Too often our own ego-centric interest becomes a source of our own ignorance.
Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta were two famous medieval travelers. Marco Polo traveled extensively in Asia for 24 years as a merchant and explorer. Ibn Battuta's travels lasted 30 years and took him throughout the Muslim world, as well as to places like China and India. John of Montecorvino was an Italian Franciscan missionary who established Catholic missions in India and China in the late 13th century.
To cover over 2 millennium of maritime trade, in the Middle East, India, SE Asia and China under 50 slides, can only give us the briefest gleam into the course of history. To get the benefit of the slides, you will need to set aside some time to read through the contents (This is a very wordy document. It takes time to read). Our perceptions on the maritime contacts are changing too. The discovery in particular of dozens of ancient shipwrecks in Southeast Asia has built up a picture of the historic trade and the technology.I hope in these few slides, would help to understanding an aspect of human civilization on Earth.
Too often our own ego-centric interest becomes a source of our own ignorance.
The ancient Silk Road originated in Xi'an, China and traversed through regions of China like Shanxi province and the Hexi Corridor before entering Central Asia and eventually ending in the Mediterranean. To protect caravans carrying silk and other goods, the Han government sent Zhang Qian on a diplomatic mission in the 2nd century BC to build relationships with tribes along the route. This helped establish the Silk Road as a safe trade network between China and the West. Centuries later, during the Tang Dynasty, Buddhist monk Xuanzang traveled westward on the Silk Road, helping spread cultural exchange. Trade along the Silk Road peaked under the Yuan Dynasty in the 13th century before eventually declining as sea trade rose.
Africa has diverse geography including deserts, rainforests, and savannas. Several powerful empires rose in West Africa between 400-1500 CE including Ghana, Mali, and Songhai which controlled trade routes across the Sahara desert and grew wealthy from gold and salt trading. Other civilizations included the Benin and Kongo kingdoms in central Africa and the Ethiopian and Zimbabwean kingdoms in East Africa, which participated in regional and international trade networks.
This document provides answers to questions from 10 chapters on medieval Indian history. It covers topics such as important kingdoms and rulers of the time, sources of information for understanding the Delhi Sultanate, the establishment of Mughal rule in India, architecture and monuments from different periods, the development of towns and trade, tribal and rural communities, religious movements and sects, and the emergence of new political formations in the 18th century. The responses are concise and provide the essential information requested in each question.
The document discusses the economies of ancient India, including the Indus Valley civilization, Vedic civilization, and Mauryan Empire. It notes that the Indus Valley economy depended on trade facilitated by advances in transport like boats and carts. The Vedic economy was initially nomadic and based on cattle herding but transitioned to an agricultural economy with rice cultivation. The Mauryan Empire standardized currency and infrastructure, enhancing trade, agriculture and economic activity across India through a single administrative system. It established a prosperous economy with an international trade network and public works projects.
During the Tang Dynasty in China from 618-907 CE, the Silk Road experienced a Golden Age. Caravansaries along the route provided food, lodging, and opportunities for socialization and exchange of ideas. The Southern Silk Road was important during WWII as it allowed Allied supply lines to China. Traders had to pay taxes, declare goods, and register for travel along the multiple routes stretching from Changan, China to Antioch, Turkey through countries like Uzbekistan.
This document provides an overview of India, some of its major cities and sites of cultural and historical significance. It discusses key facts about India's large population and economy. It then describes several important monuments, temples, and other landmarks in Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Varanasi, Udaipur, and Mumbai that provide insights into India's rich history and religious diversity. It also shares perspectives on aspects of contemporary Indian life and culture.
The document provides an overview of the spread and culture of the early Islamic empires from the 7th-13th centuries CE. It summarizes that under the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, the Dar al-Islam expanded rapidly through military conquest and conversion, establishing an vast empire with standardized systems of administration, law, and taxation. Major cities like Baghdad and Cordoba became centers of learning, trade, and cultural flowering, contributing advances in many fields including mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and literature during the Golden Age of Islam. The empires declined due to internal dissent, popular revolts, and later Mongol invasions, though Islamic culture continued to influence other societies.
Major trade routes developed between Europe, Africa, and Asia during the medieval period, facilitating the exchange of goods like spices, silk, textiles, and porcelain. These trading networks also spread cultural and technological innovations, including paper from China, new crops from India, navigation techniques, and major world religions across vast regions of Afro-Eurasia. Regional trade and long-distance commerce thus connected distant societies and aided the diffusion of ideas, beliefs, and innovations across the Eastern Hemisphere.
The document discusses trade routes and civilizations in the ancient world. It describes how the Phoenicians developed an alphabet that influenced Greek and Roman scripts and their purple dye made from sea snails. It also outlines Roman trade routes and the Silk Road for transporting goods like spices, silk, and incense between China, Rome, and Africa. Petra in Jordan grew wealthy from the spice trade and carved structures into the rock faces.
Indian ancient history, the golden era, spice trade, spice road, silk road, Indigenous merchants, Swarna Bhoomi, Vijayanagara samrajyam, Hundi, Chitti, Bill of Exchange
Between 1200-1500 CE, tropical Africa and Asia experienced significant social, economic, and political changes. The spread of Islam and increased Indian Ocean trade connected diverse regions and introduced new ideas, technologies, and crops. Major Islamic empires like Mali and the Delhi Sultanate rose as traders established port cities along the East African coast and Southeast Asia. However, these societies also saw rising inequality and slavery as elite urban classes benefited more from trade than ordinary people.
The document discusses trade routes between 500-1500 CE. It focuses on the Silk Roads between China and Europe, the Indian Ocean sea routes, and trans-Saharan land routes. Along these routes, goods like silk and spices were traded, religions spread, and diseases transmitted. Merchants accumulated wealth and cities like Srivijaya rose to prominence by controlling strategic choke points. West Africa developed larger states and cities due to trans-Saharan trade and the influence of Islam. Networks of interaction differed in the Americas, being oriented north-south and within civilizations rather than between them like in Eurasia.
This document provides an overview of 8 important ancient trade routes:
1. The Silk Road linked China and the Roman Empire, facilitating trade of silk for gold and silver. It also spread technology, religion, and culture.
2. Spice Routes connected East and West via sea routes, fueling European exploration and colonization in pursuit of valuable spices.
3. The Incense Route transported frankincense and myrrh from Arabia to Mediterranean markets via camel caravans.
1. The document discusses 8 important ancient trade routes: the Silk Road, Spice Routes, Incense Route, Amber Road, Tea Horse Road, Salt Route, Trans-Saharan Trade Route, and Tin Route.
2. It provides details on each route, including the goods traded, locations connected, time periods of use, and cultural/economic impacts.
3. The routes linked civilizations across Asia, Europe and Africa and spread religion, technology, and diseases while fostering wealth and globalization through centuries of commercial exchange.
This document provides an overview of European exploration and encounters with Africa and Asia between 1415-1796. It discusses how the search for spices by Europeans led to the age of exploration, including early Portuguese voyages along the coast of Africa and Vasco da Gama's arrival in India in 1497. It also summarizes the rise and fall of several African kingdoms like Ghana, Mali, and Songhai that controlled the trans-Saharan trade routes, as well as coastal trading kingdoms in West and Southern Africa.
Eastern countries are called eastern and western countries western due to a European historical division between Christendom and cultures beyond it. However, this document challenges Eurocentric views that portrayed eastern societies as isolated and dominated by despots with three key points:
1) Indian states supported trade and capitalism, making their economies growth-permissive rather than isolated.
2) Southeast Asian kingdoms like Srivijaya engaged deeply in global trade networks for over a millennium.
3) The Tokugawa period in Japan saw significant economic growth and dynamism, not isolation, contradicting views of Japan as backward before 1868.
This Presentation outlines the origin of trade from paleolithic age to stock exchange and how it has impacted global scenario, keeping the currency rates, economic cycles, demand and supply, competition, factors of production etc. This had an adverse effect on the entrepreneurial culture to set up a business venture.
The Silk Road was a network of trade routes spanning 7,000 miles from China to the Mediterranean between 200 BC and 1400 AD. It connected the economies and facilitated the spread of ideas, culture, and religion between Asia and Europe. Goods like silk, gold, ivory, and exotic animals were traded across multiple routes that traversed Central Asia and parts of India, with stopping points and trading posts developed along the way. Archaeological evidence uncovered over 10,000 rock paintings and 1,500 inscriptions in various languages along the routes.
The document summarizes several early civilizations and cultures that developed in the Americas between 1000 BCE and 1500 CE. It discusses the Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas, as well as various Native American cultures that arose in different regions of North America, including their ways of life, social structures, and religious beliefs. It also provides an overview of trade networks that connected Africa, the Middle East, and Asia during the Middle Ages under Arab and Muslim merchants, and discusses traditions and changes in Europe during this period.
Since ancient times, people have been exploring unknown lands and foreign countries with customs and traditions different from their own. This eagerness for something new made people travel, discover new territories, create routes and build roads connecting distant parts of the globe. Merchants’ caravans carrying commodities, ambassadors, explorers and travelers walked along these routes.
Trade, being one of the most significant factors of the historical process, encouraged the interaction of different cultures. At the same time, the representatives of different regions exchanged information from different fields of knowledge: inventions, technologies and crops were borrowed and assimilated. Although separated by long distances, civilizations established a dialogue, enriching each other and giving impulse to further development.
The earliest information about trade relations between different countries dates back to the 2nd millennium bc. At that period there were already trade routes which spanned the Ancient East including Bactria, Media, Persia, Armenia, India, Arabia and Western Asia. In antiquity trade was a risky business, but, on the other hand, it guaranteed a considerable profit in case of success. International trade flourished in peacetime and diminished in wartime, but never ceased.
In the Middle Ages a stable and developed system of international trade routes functioned, connecting almost all the civilizations of the Old World: the Silk Road, the Saharan Trade Routes, the Trade Route from the Varangians to the Greeks, etc. New merchants’ commercial confederations like the Hanseatic League and such city-states as medieval Venice and Genoa came into existence, specializing in international trade. Beginning with the Age of Discovery (since 1475), an opportunity to deliver Indian goods to European ports only by sea has become available. The Manila Galleons, which sailed over the Pacific Ocean from Manila (the Philippines) to Acapulco (Mexico) embodied Christopher Columbus’s dream about trading with the East.
Most of those ancient routes are nowadays not more than objects of historical research, however, some of them — for example, the Saharan Trade Routes or the Great Trunk Road — are still in use, keeping up with the modern pace of life. Trade routes continue their everlasting journey through space and time, connecting countries and being the media of the dialogue of civilizations.
Towns , Traders and Craftsman Class 7 Social PoojaRajesh2
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The document discusses the development of towns and urbanization in ancient and medieval India. It provides examples of temple towns like Thanjavur that developed around important religious sites. Temples were central to the economy and society, with rulers and pilgrims donating wealth. Nearby artisans and traders established to support temple activities, leading to the growth of towns. Other town types discussed include administrative centers, ports supporting international trade, and pilgrimage centers that developed into populated areas. Crafts like weaving and metalworking became specialized skills in urban settings.
The document summarizes key developments in population growth and expanding networks of exchange between 1000 BCE and 1 CE. Regarding population growth, world population doubled during this period due to factors like the invention of iron tools enabling cultivation of new lands, improved crop varieties, and the use of work animals. This led to more complex societies and cities emerging. Expanding networks of exchange included routes like the Silk Road and sea lanes facilitating trade across Afroeurasia. Large empires like Rome and Han China both required and supported communication networks that allowed for increased cultural diffusion and migration across their vast territories.
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4. Indigenous Banking System
Agriculture and the domestication of animals were important
components of the economic life of ancient people. In addition to
this, by resorting to weaving cotton, dyeing fabrics, making clay
pots, utensils, and handicrafts, sculpturing, cottage industries,
masonry, manufacturing, transports (i.e., carts, boats and ships),
etc., they were able to generate surpluses and savings for further
investment.
5. Workshops (Karkhana) were prominent where skilled artisans worked
and converted raw materials into finished goods which were high in
demand. Family-based apprenticeship system was in practice and duly
followed in acquiring trade-specific skills. The artisans, craftsmen and
skilled laborer's of different kinds learnt and developed skills and
knowledge, which were passed on from one generation to another.
6. Handloom Weavers, Gold Smiths, Pot makers,
Carpenters, Stone Cutters, Farmers, Black Smiths,
Basket makers, Barbers, Washers, Fishing Community,
Construction workers, Stone and wooden Carving
workers, Toy makers, poultry, Cattle Farmers, Siddha
7. Rise of Intermediaries
Intermediaries played a prominent role in the promotion of trade. They provided
considerable financial security to the manufacturers by assuming responsibility for
the risks involved, especially in foreign trade. It comprised commission agents,
brokers and distributors both for wholesale and retail goods. An expanding trade
brought in huge amounts of silver bullion into Asia and a large share of that bullion
gravitated towards India.
The institution of Jagat Seth's also developed and exercised great influence during
the Mughal period and the days of the East India Company. Bankers began to act as
trustees and executors of endowments. Foreign trade was financed by loans.
However, the rate of interest for longer voyages was kept high in view of the huge
risk involved.
The Indian subcontinent enjoyed the fruits of favorable balance of trade, where
exports exceeded imports with large margins and the indigenous banking system
benefitted the manufacturers, traders and merchants with additional capital funds
for expansion and development. Commercial and Industrial banks later evolved to
finance trade and commerce and agricultural banks to provide both short-and
long-term loans to finance agriculturists.
8.
9.
10. TRANSPORT
Transport by land and water was popular in the ancient times. Trade was maintained by
both land and sea. Roads as a means of communication had assumed key importance in
the entire process of growth, particularly of the inland trade and for trade over land. The
northern roadway route is believed to have stretched originally from Bengal to Taxila.
There were also trade routes in the south spreading east and west. Trade routes were
structurally wide and suitable for speed and safety.
Maritime trade was another important branch of global trade network. Malabar Coast, on
which Muziris is situated, has a long history of international maritime trade going back to
the era of the Roman Empire. Pepper was particularly valued in the Roman Empire and
was known as ‘Black Gold’. For centuries, it remained the reason for rivalry and conflict
between various empires and trade powers to dominate the route for this trade. It was in
the search for an alternate route to India for spices that led to the discovery of America
by Columbus in the closing years of 15th century and also brought Vasco da Gama to the
shores of Malabar in 1498.
Calicut was such a bustling emporium that it was even visited by Chinese ships to acquire
items, like frankincense (essential oil) and myrrh (fragrant resin used in perfumes,
medicines) from the Middle East, as well as, pepper, diamonds, pearls and cotton from
India. On the Coromandel Coast, Pullicat was a major port in the 17th century. Textiles
were the principal export from Pullicat to Southeast Asia.
11.
12. The most famous trading route that connected the east to the west from China to the
Mediterranean sea. This route not only became a major trading route for goods but also a way
to exchange ideas regarding culture, technology, medicine and much more. The main
commodity traded was silk which gave this route its name. Silk was traded from China to Rome
along with horses in exchange for wool, gold, and silver coming in from the Europe. The trade
started during the Han dynasty(207BCE- 220CE). The Chinese took great care of their products
and thus built the Great Wall Of China so as to protect their trade route. The trade route played
an important role in the development of various countries. The beneficiaries include China,
Korea, the Subcontinent, Persia, Europe, Horn Of Africa and Arabia. Apart from the economic
benefits it also led to spread of cultural values, religion, philosophies, art, and various
technologies. The main traders were Indians, Chinese, Arabs, Turkmens, Persians, Somalis,
Greek, Syrians, Romans, Armenians, and Bactrians. The silk road fell out of use and became
unsafe when the Roman empire crumbled in the 4th century CE. It remained unused until the
13th century. The route is also considered to be the main cause of the spread of plague bacteria
which caused Black death and deterioration of empires.
14. This route was mainly a maritime route used by many countries to trade spices. The availability
of spices like cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, pepper, nutmeg, cloves was rare in the west.
These commodities were highly sought after. Before the 15th century, the whole market of
spices was controlled by the Arabs and the North African men which made them extremely
costly. With the advent of the Age Of Exploration sailing, long distances became possible and
Europeans used this opportunity to forge economic relations with the east. This made the
middlemen useless and the availability of spices easy and cheap.
SPICE ROAD
15. It comprises of a network of major ancient land and sea routes connecting the Mediterranean
world with the Eastern and Southern end of the Arabian peninsula(present Yemen and Oman).
The route stretched from the ports of Mediterranean to India and beyond. It included Levant,
Egypt, Northeastern Africa and Arabia. Main items of trade were Arabian frankincense and
myrrh. These two were derived from tree sap and were used as perfumes or burned as incense.
These were also popularly used in burial rituals for embalming. The other items included Indian
spices, precious stones, pearls, ebony, silk, textiles, Horn Of African rare woods, feathers, animal
skins.
Incense ROAD
16. This route gained popularity because the trading cargo included valuable items like gold. The
commodities traded also included slaves, salt, cloth, kola nuts and cowrie shells. Later on,
multiple other products such as ostrich eggs, feathers, spices and even guns became the chief
trading commodities. The transportation took the form of caravans which consisted of as much as
1200 camels, soldiers, traders and other goods. This route was instrumental in the growth of the
monetary system and state building. The rulers understood the benefit of acquiring land and
commodities. This gave rise to great cities Gao, Timbuktu, and Djenne
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
17. The course derives its name from amber beads also known as "gold of the north" which are nothing but naturally occurring
precious stones which are found across the coastal areas of North sea and the Baltic sea. Amber has been traded since 3000
BCE and has been found in the necklace of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen. The Amber road that connects the Baltic sea
to the rest of the Europe was created by the Romans. The Romans used them as ornaments as well as for its medicinal
purposes. Amber is found under the Baltic sea which was formed millions of years ago when the area was covered by forests.
Storms washed the beads to the shore and were harvested by the traders across the shores of the beaches. During the crusades
of the 12th and 13th century, the Teutonic Knights gained control of the business and yielded the profits. Traces of this road
can be still found in Poland where a major highway is named as "Amber Highway".
Amber Road
18. Trading Communities Strengthened
In different parts of the country, different communities dominated trade. Punjabi and
Multani merchants handled business in the northern region, while the Bhats managed the
trade in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. In western India, these groups were called
Mahajan, Chatt is were important traders from the South. In urban centers, such as
Ahmedabad the Mahajan community collectively represented by their chief called
Nagarseth. Other urban groups included professional classes, such as hakim and Vaid
(physician), wakil (Lawyer), pundit or Mulla (teachers), painters, musicians, calligraphers,
etc.
Merchant Corporations: The merchant community also derived power and prestige from
guilds, which were autonomous corporations formed to protect the interests of the
traders. These corporations, organized on formal basis, framed their own rules of
membership and professional code of conduct, which even kings were supposed to accept
and respect.
Tariffs varied from province to province. The ferry tax was another source of income
generation. It had to be paid for passengers, goods, cattle and carts. The right to receive
the labor tax was usually transferred to the local bodies. The guild chief dealt directly with
the king or tax collectors and settled the market toll on behalf of its fellow merchants at a
fixed sum of money. The guild merchants also acted as custodians of religious interests.
19. Major Exports and Imports
Exports consisted of spices, wheat, sugar,
indigo, opium, sesame oil, cotton, parrot, live
animals and animal products—hides, skin, furs,
horns, tortoise shells, pearls, sapphires, quartz,
crystal, lapis, lazuli, granites, turquoise and
copper etc.
Imports included horses, animal products,
Chinese silk, flax and linen, wine, gold, silver,
tin, copper, lead, rubies, coral, glass, amber, etc.
22. Leading trade centers in ancient India:
1. Pataliputra: Known as Patna today. It was not only a commercial town, but also a
major center for export of stones.
2. Peshawar: It was an important exporting center for wool and for the import of
horses. It had a huge share in commercial transactions between India, China and
Rome in the first century A.D.
3. Taxila: It served as a major center on the important land route between India and
Central Asia. It was also a city of financial and commercial banks. The city occupied
an important place as a Buddhist center of learning. The famous Taxila University
flourished here.
4. Indraprastha: It was the commercial junction on the royal road where most routes
leading to the east, west, south and north converged.
5. Mathura: It was an emporium of trade and people here subsisted on commerce.
Many routes from South India touched Mathura and Broach.
6. Varanasi: It was well placed as it lay both on the Gangetic route and on the
highway that linked North with the East. It grew as a major center of textile
industry and became famous for beautiful gold silk cloth and sandalwood
workmanship. It had links with Taxila and Bharuch.
25. Leading trade centers in ancient India:
7. Mithila: The traders of Mithila crossed the seas by boats,
through the Bay of Bengal to the South China Sea, and traded at
ports on the islands of Java, Sumatra and Borneo. Mithila
established trading colonies in South China, especially in Yunnan.
8. Ujjain: Agate, carnelian, muslin and mallow cloth were
exported from Ujjain to different centres. It also had trade
relations through the land route with Taxila and Peshawar.
9. Surat: It was the emporium of western trade during the
Mughal period. Textiles of Surat were famous for their gold
borders (zari). It is noteworthy that Surat hundi was honoured in
far off markets of Egypt and Iran.
10. Kanchi: Today known as Kanchipuram, it was here that the
Chinese used to come in foreign ships to purchase pearls, glass
and rare stones and in return they sold gold and silk.
27. Leading trade centers in ancient India:
11. Madura: It was the capital of the Pandayas who controlled
the pearl fisheries of the Gulf of Mannar. It attracted foreign
merchants, particularly Romans, for carrying out overseas trade.
12. Broach: It was the greatest seat of commerce in Western
India. It was situated on the banks of river Narmada and was
linked with all important marts by roadways.
13. Kaveripatta: Also known as Kaveripatnam, it was scientific in
its construction as a city and provided loading, unloading and
strong facilities of merchandise. Foreign traders had their
headquarters in this city. It was a convenient place for trade with
Malaysia, Indonesia, China and the Far East. It was the centre of
trade for perfumes, cosmetics, scents, silk, wool, cotton, corals,
pearls, gold and precious stones; and also for ship building.
14. Tamralipti: It was one of the greatest ports connected both by
sea and land with the West and the Far East. It was linked by road
to Banaras and Taxila.
29. POSITION OF INDIAN SUBCONTINENT IN
WORLD ECONOMY ( 1 AD UP TO 1991)
Between the 1st and the 7th centuries CE, India is estimated to have the largest
economy of the ancient and medieval world, controlling about one third and
one-fourth of the world’s wealth (timeline). The country was often referred to
as ‘Swaranbhumi’ and ‘Swarndweep’ in the writings of many travelers, such as
Megasthenes, Faxian (Fa Hien), Xuanzang (Huen Tsang), Al Beruni (11th
century), Ibn Batuta (11th century), Frenchman Francois (17th century) and
others. They repeatedly refer to the prosperity of the country.
The pre-colonial period in Indian history was an age of prosperity for Indian
economy and made the Europeans embark great voyage of discovery. Initially,
they came to plunder but soon realized the rewards of trade in exchange of gold
and silver.
Despite the growing commercial sector, it is evident that the 18th century
India was far behind Western Europe in technology, innovation and ideas.
With the increasing control of the East India Company causing lack of freedom
and no occurrence of agricultural and scientific revolution, limited reach of
education to the masses, population growth and preference to machines over
manual skills made India a country which was prosperous but with people
who were poor.
30. India begins to Reindustrialise
After Independence, the process of rebuilding the economy started and India
went for centralized planning. The First Five Year Plan was implemented in 1952.
Due importance was given to the establishment of modern industries, modern
technological and scientific institutes, space and nuclear programmes. Despite
these efforts, the Indian economy could not develop at a rapid pace. Lack of
capital formation, rise in population, huge expenditure on defense and
inadequate infrastructure were the major reasons. As a result, India relied heavily
on borrowings from foreign sources and finally, agreed to economic liberalization
in 1991. The Indian economy is one of the fastest growing economies in the world
today and a preferred FDI destination. Rising incomes, savings, investment
opportunities, increased domestic consumption and younger population ensures
growth for decades to come.
The recent initiatives of the Government of India such as ‘Make in India’, Skill
India’, ‘Digital India’ and roll out of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP 2015-20) is
expected to help the economy in terms of exports and imports and trade
balance.