Reference Map
Highlight the Networks
Start with a trade route as your base. Then layer on any states, trade goods, cities, and the spread of religions and disease — each shown as a swooping arrow from where it began. Click anything on the map to read more.
Three networks knit Afro-Eurasia together between 1200 and 1450 — moving silk and salt, faiths and inventions, merchants and microbes.
Select a route above, or Show all to compare them, then click the colored lines and dots on the map.