Follow Silk Roads, monsoon seas, and Sahara caravans while linking trade stories to geography, religion, and biological exchange
2 sections · 6 lessons
Define Afro-Eurasian trade as connected systems, then trace how routes, hubs, and local landscapes shaped movement of goods, people, and ideas across land, sea, and desert.
4 lessonsTrace biological transfers across trade routes, then evaluate Ibn Battuta and other travelers as evidence for how exchange worked and what their accounts leave out.
2 lessonsEvery lesson in order.
6 lessons
Trade across medieval Afro-Eurasia depended on roads, winds, deserts, ports, and the communities that moved with them. This course builds a story-based understanding of how goods, people, faiths, and diseases circulated from the Silk Roads to the Indian Ocean and the Sahara, with Ibn Battuta and other travelers helping reveal the human side of exchange. It is designed for AP and college learners who want a clear, memorable map of how trade networks connected distant regions and reshaped societies.
The course covers the geography of overland, maritime, and desert trade routes, along with major hubs, caravan logistics, and monsoon sailing. It also traces the spread of Islam, diaspora communities, crops, animals, and pathogens, and uses travelers’ accounts to interpret how these networks worked.
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