GRG 305 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gerontology Research Group, Silk Road, International Trade
Document Summary
Faster, larger scale, and more complex connections between places than ever before. Romans pioneered road-building, military technology, city-building, and hydraulic engineering. Long-distance trade began in eurasia during the roman era. Two major settlement areas with sedentary agriculture were linked. In between was a belt of steppes, mountains and arid regions: the continental interior. By the end of the middle ages (1400) eurasia was already linked by a set of overlapping regional circuits of trade. A micronesian map made of plant fibers and shells, showing islands and currents. For everyone else, it was the age of invasion. Portuguese1415 through the 1600s (for the most part) The system of transportation did not just connect, it permitted the british to exploit labor and resources around the world. The current international tensions reflect unequal power relations and hostilities set in place during the colonial era. International trade about trillion per year i. Removal of tariffs and trade barriers a. b. c.
