Post Classical Important events

The Bantu migration denotes to the geographic spreading over Africa, from 1000 A.D. to 1800 A.D., of the Bantu, a collection of people that spoke the Bantu language. The Bantu includes groups like the Baganda, Banyoro, Batoru of Uganda, Akamba, Kikuyu and many others.

A caravanserai was a roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey. In the Middle-East, it is often called by its Persian name khan, these rest areas supported the flow of commerce, information, and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North Africa, and southeastern Europe, particularly along the Silk Road.

The silk road was an ancient trade network and cultural transmission routes that were central and cultural interaction through regions of Asia. It connected west to east from China and India to the Mediterranean Sea. Overall, this route is responsible for many of the cultural diffusions at this time, and improved their economy.

The saddle is a supportive structure for a rider or other load, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. These saddles were helpful in transporting goods from route to route and gave the rider more comfort throughout the long ride.

Porcelain is a white vitrified translucent ceramic, used for decorative purposes, table wear, lab equipment and electrical insulators. Porcelain was in high demand and the production was large and allowed china’s economy to flourish because of it. (invented in the 7th century)

Xuanzang was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty. His travels included, passing through Hunza and the Khyber Pass to the east, reaching the former capital of Gandhara, Purushapura (Peshawar), on the other side.

Trans-Saharan trade was the transit of goods between sub-Saharan Africa and the northern Arab and European worlds. Goods included precious metals, such as gold, as well as slaves. The trade route was in operation between the seventh and 14th centuries, expanding the more established trade route of the Silk Road between Europe and the Middle East.

The Indian Ocean trade network was a system of maritime trade routes that connected China, India, Thailand, the Indonesian and Malaysian islands, East Africa and Arabia. It dates back at least to the third century B.C. and involved ancient empires like the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty.

Viking raids were the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by its seas and rivers for trade, raids and conquest.

Migrations of people from Southeast Asia beginning about 3,000 years ago and completed by 1000 CE. A complex trading network among the dispersed peoples led to the transfer of crops, technology and common culture. (cultural diffusion)