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World Travel and Trade

• Chapter 3 Lesson 1

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Marco Polo Travels to China

• Marco Polo was a merchant.
• A merchant is someone who
• buys and sells goods to earn
• money.
• He is famous for traveling from Italy to China to
  buy and sell goods.
• The journey to China took
• 3 years

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Marco Polo

• Marco Polo stayed in China for 16 years.
• He worked for Chinas ruler, Kublai Khan.
• While in China, he saw many inventions
• (paper, printing, and gunpowder).
• When he returned to Italy, he told about what he
  had seen in a book.
• His stories about China and the journey on the
  silk road made people in Italy more interested in
  traveling to Asia.

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Marco Polo

• Marco Polos book made Europeans want to travel
  to Asia.
• His stories fascinated people, especially his
  stories about the silk road.

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Silk Road

• The silk road was not one road, but several trade
  routes connecting China to Europe.
• Merchants became rich as they traveled to China
  to buy silk, spices, and other goods.
• Wealthy Europeans were willing to pay high prices
  for silk.

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Chinese Set Sail

• More than 100 years after MP visited China, the
  ruler of China sent Admiral Zheng He on a series
  of voyages.
• The ruler wanted to impress other countries with
  Chinas power.
• He sailed all the way to Africas east coast.
• Some of his ships were longer than football
  fields and had 1000s of sailors.

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Travel Stops

• In 1434, a new ruler
• stopped Chinese exploration.
• He believed that China did not need to have
  contact with other countries.
• Zheng Hes amazing voyages were over.

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African Trading Kingdoms

• Trade was becoming very important in several
  kingdoms in Africa just like it had been in
  China.
• A kingdom is a place ruled by a king or queen.

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Trade in Africa

• Africa had plenty of gold but not enough salt.
• Salt was used to keep food from spoiling.
• Merchants traveled in large caravans across the
  dangerous desert to the city of Ghana to trade
  gold for salt.
• A caravan is a group of people and animals who
  travel together.

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Mansa Musa

• He was Malis greatest king.
• He made Timbuktu one of the largest and most
  important cities in Africa.
• It became a center for learning and art.

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Lesson Review

• Trade connected people in Europe, Asia, and
  Africa. Marco Polo, Zheng He, and Mansa Musa
  spread new ideas as well as goods. Their travels
  inspired others to explore even farther, seeking
  new trade routes and new knowledge.
• WHY DOES IT MATTER?
• Trade and travel brought the people of Asia,
  Europe, and Africa in contact with each other.
  Ideas and goods began to flow freely between them.