Unit 2: Networks of Exchange  (1200-1450ce)

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Freeman-Pedia Networks of Exchange

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Analyze the significance of the Silk Roads in promoting cultural and economic exchange.

• Understand the origins and growth of the Silk Roads.

• Identify the goods, technologies, and ideas exchanged along the Silk Roads.

• Assess the impact of the Silk Roads on the regions connected by these trade networks.

Evaluate the role of the Indian Ocean trade network in connecting different regions.

• Examine the major goods traded along the Indian Ocean routes.

• Explore the role of monsoon winds in facilitating maritime trade.

• Investigate the cultural and technological exchanges facilitated by Indian Ocean trade.

Understand the importance of the Trans-Saharan trade routes in the development of West African societies.

• Identify key commodities traded across the Sahara, such as gold and salt.

• Assess the impact of Trans-Saharan trade on the development of African kingdoms like Mali and Ghana.

• Explore the role of Islam in the spread of ideas and cultural practices along these routes.

Analyze the effects of the Mongol Empire on the development of trade networks.

• Examine how the Pax Mongolica promoted trade and communication across Eurasia.

• Identify the ways in which the Mongols facilitated the exchange of goods, technologies, and cultural practices.

• Assess the impact of Mongol rule on the societies and economies of the regions they conquered.

Investigate the spread of technologies and cultural practices through trade networks.

• Identify key technological innovations that were disseminated through trade routes, such as paper, gunpowder, and the compass.

• Explore the diffusion of cultural practices, including religion, art, and architecture, through trade interactions.

• Assess the role of trade networks in the transmission of scientific and mathematical knowledge.

Understand the impact of trade networks on the spread of major world religions.

• Examine how Buddhism spread along the Silk Roads to East Asia.

• Analyze the role of Indian Ocean trade in the spread of Islam to Southeast Asia and East Africa.

• Investigate the influence of Trans-Saharan trade on the spread of Islam in West Africa.

Evaluate the environmental and demographic effects of long-distance trade.

• Understand the role of trade in the spread of diseases, such as the Black Death.

• Assess the demographic changes in regions involved in extensive trade networks.

• Investigate the environmental impact of increased trade, including the overexploitation of natural resources.

Analyze the role of state policies in facilitating or hindering trade.

• Examine how different empires and states promoted trade through infrastructure development, such as the building of roads and ports.

• Understand the role of government policies, including trade regulations and tariffs, in shaping trade networks.

• Assess the impact of state-sponsored exploration and maritime expansion on global trade.