AP World History: Modern / Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (c. 1200–1450)
2.5 Cultural Consequences of Connectivity
Notes
Trade spread religions (Buddhism into East Asia, Islam into Africa and Southeast Asia), technology (paper, gunpowder), and ideas. Travelers like Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo recorded their journeys.
Practice
Ibn Battuta was:
Rihla.
Islam spread to Southeast Asia mainly through:
Indian Ocean trade.
Gunpowder spread from China to:
Through trade and conflict.
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