Teaching the use of gunpowder using paintings
Between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, the spread of gunpowder was critical to the growth of empires. One way we can help students see gunpowder’s importance is by using contemporary battle paintings.
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How rice reached Spain
Teaching world history often means teaching about historic trading cities (entrepôts). While some cities flourished as trade centers over centuries, others experienced brief periods of rise and decline. Constantinople/Istanbul is a unique example of a city that has flourished for centuries, but also has gone through multiple phases of
Extensive trade networks crisscrossed Afroeurasia before 1500. These networks facilitated more than the movement of goods; cultural traditions and technologies also spread through the networks. We can easily see this through the spread of the four most popular universal religions. The Source
