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How Did the World Become Interconnected?

How Did the World Become Interconnected?

New trade networks caused an explosion in the trade of goods, but also in ideas, technologies, and diseases. These networks were also essential to collective learning.

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.

Key Ideas

Think about the following questions as you watch the video


  1. 00:36 Why did collective learning speed up during the agrarian era?
  2. 01:36 How did new communication and transportation innovations help collective learning?
  3. 03:11 How did the diseases that traveled along the Silk Road and Indian Ocean routes both hurt and help people?
  4. 04:46 How were the hub zones in the Americas different from those in Afro-