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THE DEVELOPMENT OF NODAL POINTS


(200 A.D-1500 A.D)

Mediterranean-West Asian Complex Trade


Mediterranean Sea, an intercontinental sea that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on the West to Asia on the east
and separates Europe from Africa. It has often been called the incubator of Western civilization. Is a sea connected to the
Atlantis Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: north of its Anatolia and
Europe, South of it is North Africa, and East is Levant.

What was the Mediterranean Sea lane?

 Helps to connect the areas around the Mediterranean Sea.

 Traders in the Mediterranean used ships with square sails and oars.

 Unlike trade along the Silk road, Mediterranean trade was made completely off middle men.

Central Asia Trade Complex


 Improving conditions for trade is particularly critical in Central Asia the inherently challenging conditions in the region.

 The countries of Central Asia have benefited from increased integration into global economy over the last decade,
largely driven by natural resources and labor.

 Many developing of countries that have acceded to the WTO undertook significant structural reforms during the
accession process.

 These reforms have allowed developing countries to take advantage of global trade opportunities.

 Trade relations are changing, bringing new opportunities to increase trade beyond the narrow range of products
and market that currently dominates.

 Trade with Central Asia, a big part of which is normal, has declined in importance but still remains critical for some
countries and sectors.

The Strait of Malacca


 Is the shortest shipping route between the far East and the Indian Ocean. Ships have passed through it for
centuries, and trading posts grew up from an early stage, which simultaneously became centers of education,
science and art. People with different religious backgrounds.

Strait of Malacca-Indo China Trade Complex

 The Strait of Malacca Is the shortest shipping route between the far East and the Indian Ocean.

 The Strait of Malacca, which runs between Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, has long been a major gateway for
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trade to and from Asia, and is once again rapidly rising in importance.

Indian Ocean Trade Complex


The Indian Ocean
In the 16th century, European empires found out how to get from South America to China, opening up extensive trade routes
across the Pacific Ocean.

Christopher Columbus had to land in the Caribbean in 1492 and open up the Atlantic Ocean trade routes.

History of Indian Ocean Trade


 Connecting the Middle East and Africa to East and Africa to East Asia by way of the Indian subcontinent, has been
home shippers and traders for millennia.

 Maritime technology was not truly developed until around 800 CE at which point the Indian Ocean became the
central hub of some the greatest international trade networks the world has ever seen.

 The wealth from the Silk roads led Europe into the Renaissance and that trade route was only open for about
century.

 Products from the Persian and powerful Turkish Caliphates of the Middle East were exchanged for items in the
kingdoms of Africa, which were sold to empires of India and China.
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 Portuguese sailors first reached the East coast of Africa in last decades of the 15 century they were amazed to
final arriving trading cities massive networks and immense wealth flowing through the Indian Ocean.

 Portugal pushed further and further into the Indian Ocean with the emerging Atlantic and Pacific European trade
markets.

Trade Routes
 Aden is major trading city located in modern-day Yemen, right on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula an act the
intersection of the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean.

 Silk and spices from china enter the Mediterranean through Aden, as gun powder and ideas like paper money.

 A trading ship at Aden loads up all of the European products the glass and the wine and minerals and sets off.

 The Swahili people are African traders whose culture is a mixture of African, Arabic and Hindu customs.

 They live in complex societies organized around an urban center and are more than happy to buy the
wine and minerals, as well as lumber and other items.
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