AP World History: Modern / Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (c. 1200–1450)
2.1 The Silk Roads
Notes
Overland routes linking China to the Mediterranean carried luxury goods (silk, porcelain, spices). Innovations: caravanserai, flying cash (credit), bills of exchange. Cities like Samarkand and Kashgar grew.
Practice
Caravanserai were:
Rest stops.
The Silk Roads mainly carried:
High value, light weight.
Flying cash and bills of exchange helped:
Credit.
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