The Age of Accelerating Connections define a millennium and the third-wave civilizations. This is the starting of something new, the enhanced development of something old and the continuation of blended well established pattern in the world history. The largest new third-wave civilizations was Islam. It began in Arabia during the 7th century c.e. The Arab people started building their empires and later offered a religion. It then became known to other civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, India and more. It was also known as an unique cosmopolitan civilization that came close to uniting all mankind under its standard. Other old civilizations were reconstructed during the third-wave civilization. This included the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire continued to embrace the eastern half of the old Roman Empire, also the patterns of Mediterranean Christian civilization until it was overrun by the Ottoman Turks. More variations of establishing, continuing and renewing of older traditions in the Western Hemisphere and Western Europe.
Another important development is the establishing of trade routes and roads. The three main roads were known as silk, sea and sand roads. The silk road relay trading in China across to Eurasia. It was use by traders to trade culture and spread disease as well as goods. The sea road relay trading across the Indian ocean. It was cheaper than the silk roads and boats could carry trading more than camels spreading the Indian culture as well as goods. Last but not the least is the sand road. It was use to trade through the Sahara and the Mediterranean world using camels. It traded ivory, slaves and gold as well as other goods. The significant of these trading roads was to make trading possible and easy.
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