1000 CE as Turning Point: The Birth of Globalization? - Impacts

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What added up to significant change in the availability of interactions among the major societies of Africa, Asia and Europe?

- The emergence of a new trans-regional context under Arab stimulus, the innovations in the technologies of trade and travel, and the range of routes forming networks of contact among Africa, Asia and Europe added up to significant change in the availability of interactions among the major societies of these three continents.
- Exchanges happened more quickly than before on various fronts and over a wider range of activities.

What, next to trade, spurred travel? How did they combine?

- Religion spurred travel. As Islam expanded, trips of 400 miles or more, for example from Central Asia to Mecca, became increasingly common, often involving individuals (including women) who otherwise would not normally be counted among the most venturesome.
- Religion and trade combined to supply regular caravans of camels or donkeys, moving through various parts of Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and benefiting as well from the inns that were open at set intervals throughout the region.

Which Europeans traveled to China?

- A final cluster of major travelers involved the growing number of West-Europeans who began to make their way to China, using land routes, Indian Ocean connections, or some combination.
- Merchants and missionaries headed the list - the Catholic Pope sent several missions to China in hopes of encouraging conversions. But there were also scattered entertainers and others eager to for some combination of adventure and profit.

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