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Transregional Trade Networks of the Afro-Eurasian World

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-NY-SS

11 lessons

Goal

Investigate how overland and maritime trade routes facilitated economic exchange, technological diffusion, and state formation across Afro-Eurasia.

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  5. Caravanserais, Banking Instruments, and Paper MoneyNot started yet
  6. How Early Trade Routes Transmitted Religious and Political IdeasNot started yet
  7. How Religious Ideas Spread Along Ancient Trade RoutesNot started yet
  8. Diasporic Merchant Communities: Sogdians, Jews, and ArabsNot started yet
  9. Forced Migrations and Enslaved Labor in Transregional ExchangeNot started yet
  10. Trade Wealth and State Formation: Ghana, Mali, and SrivijayaNot started yet
  11. The Spread of Technologies and Disease Along Trade RoutesNot started yet
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us-ny9.4bNew York Social Studies Standards · 10th Grade

New technologies facilitated and improved interregional travel during this era by allowing people to traverse previously prohibitive physical landscapes and waterways.