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Long-Term Demographic and Structural Shifts in Afro-Eurasia
Synthesize how the combined crises of plague and warfare transformed land use, urban economies, and state central power by 1450.
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Postclassical Conflicts, Religious Power, and Pandemics
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Analyze institutional struggles over religious and secular authority, the Crusades, and the demographic devastation of the Black Death.
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9.6aNew York Social Studies Standards · 10th GradeInternal tensions and challenges grew as disputes over authority and power arose between and among religious and political leaders.
9.6bNew York Social Studies Standards · 10th GradeNetworks of exchange facilitated the spread of disease, which affected social, cultural, economic, and demographic development.