Unit 2: Networks of Exchange

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 1200 to 1450.

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

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

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

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