Section outline

  • THEMATIC FOCUS

    Humans and the Environments ENV
    The environment shapes human societies, and as populations grow and change, these populations in turn shape their environments.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE

    Unit 2: Learning Objective K
    Explain the environmental effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

    KC-3.1.IV
    There was continued diffusion of crops and pathogens, with epidemic diseases, including the bubonic plague, along trade routes.