Read evidence about long-distance trade networks
The idea
Identify exactly what each source or artifact shows.
Step by step
- Identify exactly what each source or artifact shows.
- A trade network can connect many stages and intermediaries rather than one direct journey.
- A foreign-origin object indicates movement, but usually does not identify every trader or motive.
Example
An analysis identifies a bead found in Town B as made from stone originating near Town A. What does this support?
Answer
movement of goods
The material moved between regions, although the full route and carriers are not established.
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Sketch a network with four settlements and intermediate exchanges. Explain why an object at the end does not prove one merchant traveled the whole route.
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