(pen)o Overview
(pen)-> (g)Networks and religious diffusion(pen)
(pen)-> (li)Islam and local adaptation(pen)
(pen)-> (p)Buddhism and Asian traditions(pen)
(pen)o (g)Networks and religious diffusion(pen)
(pen)-> c. 1200-1450 trade linked Afro-Eurasian belief systems.
(pen)-> Merchant diasporas carried religions to trading ports.
(pen)-> Monsoon routes brought Muslim traders to Southeast Asia.
(pen)-> Caravan cities hosted (hp)travelers(pen), scholars, and clerics.
(pen)-> Mongol protection eased travel across much of Eurasia.
(pen)-> (g)Religious(pen) tolerance under many Mongol rulers aided contact.
(pen)o (li)Islam and local adaptation(pen)
(pen)-> Sufi teachers spread (li)Islam(pen) through personal instruction.
(pen)-> Sufis adapted to (li)local(pen) customs, encouraging conversion.
(pen)-> Indian Ocean trade helped (li)Islam(pen) spread in coastal Asia.
(pen)-> Muslim merchants shaped Swahili urban (g)religious(pen) life.
(pen)-> Trans-Saharan trade linked Mali to (li)Islamic(pen) (hp)scholarship(pen).
(pen)-> (li)Islam(pen) blended with (li)local(pen) customs; conversion was uneven.
(pen)o (p)Buddhism and Asian traditions(pen)
(pen)-> Monks and merchants carried (p)Buddhist(pen) texts across Asia.
(pen)-> Tibetan (p)Buddhism(pen) gained patronage at the Yuan court.
(pen)-> Theravada (p)Buddhism(pen) expanded in mainland Southeast Asia.
(pen)-> Hindu (p)traditions(pen) persisted in Southeast (p)Asian(pen) courts.
(pen)-> Neo-Confucian learning spread from China to Korea and Japan.
(pen)o Overview
(pen)-> (hp)Scholarship and knowledge exchange(pen)
(pen)-> (hp)Travelers and cultural understanding(pen)
(pen)-> (pu)Technology and cultural change(pen)
(pen)o (hp)Scholarship and knowledge exchange(pen)
(pen)-> c. 1200-1450 (hp)exchange(pen) carried ideas as well as goods.
(pen)-> Trade cities drew scholars, linking centers of learning.
(pen)-> (li)Islamic(pen) scholars preserved and extended Greek learning.
(pen)-> Arabic-to-Latin translations enriched European learning.
(pen)-> Hindu-Arabic numerals eased calculation in European trade.
(pen)-> Mongol courts brought Persian and Chinese scholars together.
(pen)o (hp)Travelers and cultural understanding(pen)
(pen)-> Trade routes and patronage enabled long-distance journeys.
(pen)-> Ibn Battuta described Muslim societies across Afro-Eurasia.
(pen)-> Shared (li)Islamic(pen) law helped him work abroad as a judge.
(pen)-> Marco Polo's account widened European (hp)knowledge(pen) of Asia.
(pen)-> Margery Kempe's pilgrimages linked Christian holy sites.
(pen)-> Travel accounts conveyed customs but reflected biases.
(pen)o (pu)Technology and cultural change(pen)
(pen)-> Paper spread west from China before 1200; use kept growing.
(pen)-> Cheaper writing materials aided (hp)scholarship(pen) and records.
(pen)-> Chinese gunpowder (hp)knowledge(pen) spread west through contact.
(pen)-> Compass use spread, helping sailors navigate trade routes.
(pen)-> Imported techniques were adapted, not copied unchanged.