Unit 2: Networks of Exchange

Unit 2 Learning Objectives

• Explain the causes and effects of growth of networks of exchange after 1200.

• Explain the process of state building and decline in Eurasia over time.

• Explain how the expansion of empires influenced trade and communication over time.

• Explain the significance of the Mongol Empire in larger patterns of continuity and change.

• Explain the role of environmental factors in the development of networks of exchange in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

• Explain the causes and effects of the growth of trans-Saharan trade.

• Explain the intellectual and cultural effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasiafromc.1200to c. 1450.

• Explain the environmental effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from c.1200to c. 1450.

• Explain the similarities and differences among the various networks of exchange in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

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