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AP World History: Modern
Unit 2 – Networks of Exchange (1200-1450)
Topic 2.3
How might history be different if Arab traders had not dominated early Indian Ocean trade networks?
The spread of Islam throughout Southeast Asia may have been less extensive or slower paced.
India, rather than Arabia, becomes the hub for global maritime commerce during this era.
China takes full control over Indian Ocean trade routes causing an early clash with European colonial interests.
Islamic culture would have still spread throughout Southeast Asia as rapidly as it did historically.
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AP World History: Modern - 2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean
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