Long-Distance Trade Routes
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Indian Ocean Routes
From 1200 to 1450, the Indian Ocean was the center of world trade. Merchants from all over Eurasia, including the world’s largest empires, traded in this network.
World of Chaco
A thousand years ago, the Ancestral Pueblo made Chaco Canyon the center of their cultural world. Their networks stretched across the vast Colorado Plateau.
Zheng He (Graphic Biography)
Zheng He was the great admiral of the Ming Dynasty. Were his expeditions peaceful trade voyages or threatening campaigns of conquest and imperialism?
Impact of the Slave Trade: Through a Ghanaian Lens
How did the Atlantic slave trade impact Africa? We can study a smaller region to try to determine bigger answers.
Crops That Grew the World
After 1500, a biological exchange between the Old and New Worlds transformed global populations, trade networks, cultures, and environments.
Our Interconnected World
In this activity, students will begin to understand how the world went from where it was in 1450 to how it is today.
Goods Across the World
From your phone to a cup of coffee, thousands of people around the world are part of the design, production, distribution, marketing, and support of things you use every day.