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ap world history - period 2: silk roads & trade networks

originally streamed in 2019 with Layne JacobsonTeacher
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Learn how trade networks from 600-1450 CE connected civilizations across Afro-Eurasia in this AP World History Period 2 review. You'll explore the Silk Roads, Indian Ocean trade, and trans-Saharan routes that shaped global history. This video breaks ...more

curriculum note

This video uses old AP World History 'Period 3' terminology (600–1450 CE) and includes material from 600–1200 CE, which predates the current AP World History: Modern course scope (starting 1200 CE). In the current course, Networks of Exchange content is covered in Unit 2 (1200–1450).

covered in this stream

units
Unit 2 – Networks of Exchange (1200-1450)Unit 1 – The Global Tapestry (1200-1450)
topics
2.1 Silk Roads2.2 The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World2.3 Indian Ocean Trade Routes2.4 Trans-Saharan Trade Routes2.5 Cultural Effects of Trade 2.6 Environmental Effects of Trade1.5 Africa from 1200 to 1450

timestamps

  • 0:00

    Introduction to Period 3

  • 0:31

    Importance of Exchange Networks

  • 1:34

    Silk Road Overview

  • 2:06

    High Points of Silk Road

  • 2:39

    Roman and Han Phase

  • 3:42

    Abbasid Byzantine Tang Phase

  • 4:43

    Luxury Goods Traded

  • 5:13

    Women's Role in Silk

  • 6:18

    Products from Regions

  • 7:21

    Spread of Buddhism

  • 8:22

    Merchants and Buddhism

  • 9:56

    Mahayana Theravada Split

  • 10:59

    Syncretism with Zoroastrianism

  • 12:03

    Diseases on Silk Road

  • 13:40

    Black Death Impact

  • 15:49

    Byzantine Empire Weakened

  • 16:52

    End of Feudalism

  • 18:25

    Global Plague Effects

  • 19:31

    Q&A Break

  • 20:37

    Decline of Land Routes

  • 22:11

    Indian Ocean Trade

  • 22:45

    Monsoon Winds Role

  • 24:50

    Nile River Comparison

  • 26:58

    Regional Trade Products

  • 27:59

    Chinese Inventions

  • 28:29

    Zheng He Voyages

  • 30:02

    Merchants in Islam vs China

  • 32:11

    Srivijaya Kingdom

  • 34:20

    Buddhism in Indian Ocean

  • 36:59

    Trans-Saharan Trade Context

  • 38:33

    Salt and Gold Trade

  • 39:36

    Camel Domestication

  • 41:10

    Traded Goods List

  • 43:15

    Ghana Empire Rise

  • 44:20

    Mali Empire and Islam

  • 45:23

    Mansa Musa Hajj

  • 46:24

    Final Q&A Session

  • 46:54

    Silk Road Changes

  • 48:29

    Tips for AP Success

  • 50:34

    Silk Road Paths

  • 53:24

    China After Han

  • 54:59

    Focus on Interactions

  • 57:03

    Closing Advice

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