Question

GOV-1.E:Explain how and why states in Africa developed and changed over time.

Answer 1

Answer:

A deepening and widening of networks of human interaction within and across regions contributed to cultural, technological, and. biological diffusion within and between various societies.

Improved commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade and expanded the geographical range of existing trade routes including the Silk Roads—promoting the growth of powerful new trading cities.

The growth of inter regional trade in luxury goods was encouraged by innovations in previously existing transportation and commercial technologies, including the caravansary, forms of credit, and the development of money economies.

Changes in trade networks resulted from and stimulated increasing productive capacity, with important implications for social and gender structures and environmental processes.

Demand for luxury goods increased in Afro-Eurasia. Chinese, Persian, and Indian artisans and merchants expanded their production of textiles and porcelains for export; manufacture of iron and steel expanded in China.

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