Commodity production, markets and the cities of Asia
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Draw the Levant and Northern trade routes on a map and write the cities on them.
Levant: Venice, Genoa. North: London, Bruges, Lübeck, Novgorod.
2
Explain the origin of the words bank and exchange in 2–3 sentences.
Bank — Italian “banco”, a money-changer’s bench; exchange — from the “Burse” inn at Bruges near which merchants gathered.
3
Write a short note on Samarkand or Bukhara according to the features of a medieval city.
For example: ark, shahristan, rabad, bazaars with rows and craftsmen’s quarters.
4
Write two similarities between European and Asian cities.
Centres of crafts and trade; craft guilds; surrounded by walls.