Introduction/Overview: (build CONTEXT)

Buzurg ibn Shahriyar (10th cent)- shipmaster from Siraf (city on Persian Gulf coast), collected/observed other customs on distand lands in colleciton called Book of the Wonders of India (fictional tall tales, but reflected the times of trade networks linking lands)
Connected world
- East Africa to SE Asia Different powers had control of various regions trade-wise, but no one had complete control
- India was politically divided
- India has big influece on development of intercultural zoneespidte politically division
  - Big cultural influences in India: caste system, Buddhism, Hinduism, even Islam (7th cent.)
  - Other countries Influenced by Indian techqniques of statecraft, religions, innovations (economic, cultural, and commercial)
  - Indian ocean basin region moved towards economic integration
- Expansion of Empires (e.g. Mongol) had big role in increasing trade

	Criado por Elaine Paolo aproximadamente 5 anos atrás

10th grade World History Notas sobre WHAP: Chapter 13- India and the Indian Ocean Basin, criado por Elaine Paolo em 15-10-2019.

WHAP: Chapter 13- India and the Indian Ocean Basin