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Indian Ocean Monsoon Trade and Maritime Commercial Networks
Explain how merchant navigators utilized predictable seasonal monsoon wind patterns to conduct long-distance sea trade.
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Transregional Trade Networks of the Afro-Eurasian World
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Investigate how overland and maritime trade routes facilitated economic exchange, technological diffusion, and state formation across Afro-Eurasia.
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Learning standards covered
9.4aNew York Social Studies Standards · 10th GradeAfro-Eurasian transregional trade networks grew across land and bodies of water.
9.4bNew York Social Studies Standards · 10th GradeNew technologies facilitated and improved interregional travel during this era by allowing people to traverse previously prohibitive physical landscapes and waterways.