
The First Global Age
We’ve arrived at what many consider one of the most important turning points in history, when the world became globally interconnected for the first time. What changed and what continued in this newly networked world?
Student Resources
Era 5 Problem
How did the first ongoing connections between the hemispheres promote change both globally and regionally?
5.0 Era 5 Overview

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5.1 Land-Based Empires


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5.2 Old World Webs



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5.3 The Columbian Exchange





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5.4 The Transatlantic Slave Trade



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5.5 New Economic Systems





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