Short Post
Weekly posts (published on Monday or Tuesday) highlighting a primary source (either textual or visual) that aligns with the AP Modern World History Curriculum.
Transportation Technology on the Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Camels and the Trans-Saharan Trade Network
“The Season in Which One is Compelled to Travel”: Teaching Knowledge of the Monsoons
Teaching the monsoons
“A Dozen Bamboo Fishing Nets”: Fishing Nets and Technological Transfer in the Indian Ocean
Teaching technological transfer in the Indian Ocean
“Merchants Came to Malabar”: Diasporic Communities in the Indian Ocean
Teaching diaspora communities in the Indian Ocean
“Method of Building the Ships”: Chinese Ships Before 1400
Discussion of teaching Indian Ocean shipping technology
“As Soon as the Merchants Arrive”: Melaka and Indian Ocean Trade Before 1450
Discussion of teaching Melaka
Visualizing Mongol Exchange
Discussion of Mongol exchange
“Let Merchants and Caravans Come and Go”: Mongol Promotion of Trade
Discussion of teaching the Mongol promotion of trade
“Gujarati Clothes are Held in Great Value”: The Demand for Indian Textiles in Southeast Asia, c.1400
Discussion of teaching Indian textile trade in Southeast Asia
“All that is Needed to Refresh the Traveler”: Building Caravanserais in Anatolia
Discussion of teaching caravanserais
