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Indian Ocean Maritime Networks and Monsoon Navigation
Explain how sailors utilized seasonal monsoon winds, dhow ships, and coastal ports to conduct maritime trade across the Indian Ocean.
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Trans-Regional Trade and the Silk Road
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Analyze Afro-Eurasian trade networks, the Silk Roads, Indian Ocean maritime routes, economic specialization, and interregional interdependence.
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Learning standards covered
6.G3.1Arizona Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas. Key concepts include but are not limited to language, land and sea transportation and trade routes
6.G2.1Arizona Social Studies Standards · All agesCompare diverse ways people or groups of people have impacted, modified, or adapted to the environment of the Eastern Hemisphere. Key concepts include but are not limited to hunter-gatherer communities, human settlement, Neolithic Revolution, irrigation and farming, domestication of animals, and influence of climate and seasons