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World History
Chapter 12

Sea and River Trade

Lesson 1
* Read Lesson 1
* Define vocabulary
* Monsoon
* Lateen sail
* Dhow
* Junk
* Diplomat
* Swahili


* Monsoon - strong winds that blow across the Indian Ocean
* Lateen sail - triangle-shaped sail lets a ship travel into the wind
* Dhows - Arab ships used lateen sails to travel east toward China when the northeast monsoon blew
Junks - wooden boats with four-sided-sails ( Chinese )

From Baghdad to Guangzhou
* Baghdad became "the harbor of the world"
* Ships sailed down the Tigris to Basra to load their ships with goods
* Ships sailed from Basra to the ports of East Africa, India, and China

Monsoons
* Merchants set out for the East late in the year
* Strong winds blew across the Indian Ocean
* The winter monsoon blows from the northeast between November and March
* The summer monsoon blows from the southwest between April and October

* The Swahili City-States
* Arab traders wanted gold, ivory, animal skins and sometimes slaves
* Arab traders started communities in the trading ports of East Africa
* Arab traders married East African women and started the Swahili culture
* Most Swahili became Muslim


How did the Swahili city-states develop?
* Through Arabian interaction and trade
What part did the people of the Shona Empire play in trade across the Indian Ocean?
* The Shonas controlled the Central African gold mines