EUH1000 Chapter 15: Ape Ch.15 Outline
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The trade world of the indian ocean. The indian ocean was the center of the afro eurasian trade world. Location made it a crossroads for commercial and cultural exchange between china, Merchants congregated in a series of multicultural, cosmopolitan port cities strung around the indian ocean. Most cities were self governed which limited violence and attempts to monopolize trade. The most developed area of the commercial web was in the south china sea. Port of malacca was a commercial entropot a trading post to which goods were shipped for storage while awaiting redistribution to other places. Chinese porcelains, silks, and camphor (used in the manufacture of many medicines); pepper, cloves, nutmeg, raw materials; sugar from philippines; indian textiles, copper weapons, incense, dyes, and opium. Mongol emperors opened doors of china to the west & encourage europeans to do business there. Marco polo"s exotic tales fueled western fantasies about the exotic orient.
