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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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  1. The Silk Roads: Overland Caravan Routes Across Central AsiaUp next
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  3. Trans-Saharan Trade: The Gold-Salt Network Across the DesertNot started yet
  4. Navigation and Travel Technologies: Camel Saddles, Dhows, and the CompassNot started yet
  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 SrivijayaYou are here
  11. The Spread of Technologies and Disease Along Trade RoutesNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-ny9.4dNew York Social Studies Standards · 10th Grade

Control of transregional trade and economic growth contributed to the emergence and expansion of political states.