Blog
“All that is Needed to Refresh the Traveler”: Building Caravanserais in Anatolia
Discussion of teaching caravanserais
More than Silk on the Silk Roads: Sogdians and Cultural Exchange Across Eurasia
Discussion of teaching the Silk Roads
“A Mixed Population of Muslims and Zanj”: Teaching East Africa in World History, c.1000 to Present
Discussion of teaching East Africa Africa in World History
“Going Through the Lands of the Franks without Impediment”: Making and Maintaining Peace in the Levant
Discussion of teaching peacemaking during the Crusades
“Piles of Corpses Were Found Everywhere”: The Motives and Immediate Consequences of the First Crusade
Discussion of teaching the First Crusade
“The Totally Planless Construction”: Teaching Nineteenth-Century Urbanization
Discussion of teaching nineteenth-century urbanization
“Come Christians and Jews”: The Eleventh-Century Eastern Mediterranean and Europe
Discussion of teaching the eleventh-century causes of the First Crusade
Industrialization, Women, and Social Class
Discussion of teaching the intersection of class and gender
“The Meeting Place of Muslim and Christian Merchants”: Teaching the Crusades in World History
Discussion of teaching the Crusades in World History classrooms
“Manufacture Created the Middle Class”: Industrialization and the Class System
Discussion of teaching the development of the social class system
