Unit 2 Networks of Exchange

AN OVERVIEW OF THE UNIT:

2.1 The Silk Roads

2.2 The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World

2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean

2.4 Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

2.5 Cultural Consequences of Connectivity

2.6 Environmental Consequences of Connectivity

2.7 Comparison of Economic Exchange

Unit 2: Networks of Exchange

Era 1: 1200-1450 CE

As you continue your study of the period c. 1200–c. 1450, you’ll learn how areas of the world were linked through trade and how these connections affected people, cultures, and environments.

• 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 from 1200 to 1450.

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

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

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

• Explain the similarities and differences among various exchange networks in Afro-Eurasia from 1200 to 1450.

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