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      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
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      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
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      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
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    • *NEW* under construction >
      • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
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    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
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    • Unit 1 - Developing State and Local Government
    • Unit 2 - The Law
    • Unit 3 - Political Culture & Ideology
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Networks of Exchange

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1450
Economic activity along existing trade routes increase  in volume and scope thanks to the rise of powerful states and empires that produce new trading cities that emerge across Africa and Eurasia.
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NEED TO KNOW
  • Silk Roads
  • caravans
  • Indian Ocean trade
  • monsoons
  • Trans-Saharan trade 
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SILK, SEA & SAND: TRADE ROUTES                    

Thanks to the establishment of stable empires throughout Afro-Eurasia, major trade routes flourish bringing more than just goods and economic property to the regions connected by these trade routes.
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  • Genghis Khan
  • ​Pax Mongolia
  • Golden Horde
  • Sack of Baghdad
  • Yuan Dynasty
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THE MONGOL EMPIRE 

The Mongols would play a vital part in connecting Eurasian trade, culture, technology and centralized authority by expanding their empire into the largest continuous land empire in history.
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  • cultural diffusion
  • syncretism
  • religious effects
  • Marco Polo/ Ibn Battuta
  • technological effects
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CULTURAL CONSEQUENCES OF CONNECTIVITY                   

As trade routes connected large states with each other throughout AfroEurasia, more than just trade goods were being exchanged.  Along these routes, cultural diffusion was happening resulting in syncretism of religions, languages, cultures, & new technology.
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  • Champa rice
  • yams/bananas
  • sugar
  • Black Death
  • effects of the Black Death
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF CONNECTIVITY 

The environment affects human societies, and as populations grow and change, they in turn affect their environments. The cultural diffusion that affected the world during the 1200-1450s also occurred environmentally leading to positive and negative consequences.
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  • American History
    • American History Honors >
      • Map Test
    • Unit 0: 1763 - 1800 - Revolutionary America
    • Unit 1: 1800 - 1848 - Expansion & Reform
    • Unit 2: 1848 - 1877 - A Nation Divided
    • Unit 3: 1865 - 1898 - The Gilded Age
    • Unit 4: 1890 - 1920 - American World Premier
    • Unit 5: 1920 - 1945 - Trials and Tribulations
    • Unit 6: 1945 - 1963 - Cold War Tensions
    • Unit 7: 1955 - 1980 - Conflicts and Resolutions
    • Unit 8: 1980 - present - Modern America
  • World History
    • World History Honors
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
    • *NEW* under construction >
      • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Civic Literacy
    • Unit 1 - Developing State and Local Government
    • Unit 2 - The Law
    • Unit 3 - Political Culture & Ideology
    • Unit 4 - National Government