Use the historical document(s) and the short readings in the left panel to answer the associated questions.
Use the historical document(s) and the short readings in the left panel to answer the associated questions.
Historical Document:
Merchant Letter Excerpt (c. 900 CE)
Study this translated merchant letter excerpt (c. 900 CE). Use details in the document to explain how goods and information moved across Afro-Eurasia. In your answers, cite specific words or phrases that show the route, exchanges, and people involved.
Which major Afro-Eurasian trade network is BEST supported by evidence in the document?
Which phrase from the document is the BEST evidence that trade required travel across difficult environments?
What is the BEST inference about what moved along trade networks, based on evidence in the document?
Using evidence from the document, explain two ways this source shows connections between different places in Afro-Eurasia.
Cite at least two specific words or phrases from the document as evidence.
Based on the document, infer one likely impact of long-distance trade on communities along the route (economic, cultural, or environmental/health).
Support your inference with evidence from the document and reasoning.
Historical Document:
Courier Report to a Mongol Governor (c. 1255 CE)
Study this translated courier report from the Mongol Empire (c. 1255 CE). Use details in the document to explain how Mongol rule connected the East and West. In your answers, cite specific words or phrases that show movement of people, technologies, and goods.
Which detail from the document is BEST evidence that Mongol authorities supported long-distance travel and communication?
What is the BEST inference about the Mongols’ role as agents of change, based on evidence in the document?
Based on the document, infer one likely impact of Mongol policies on trade or cultural exchange.
Support your inference with evidence from the document and reasoning.
Using evidence from the document, explain two ways this source suggests Mongol conquests fostered connections between the East and the West.
Cite at least two specific words or phrases from the document as evidence.
Which piece of evidence from the document BEST supports the idea of cultural diffusion under Mongol rule?
Historical Document:
Port Authority Inventory of Transport Tools
(c. 1320 CE)
Study this translated inventory list from a trade port (c. 1320 CE). Use details in the document to explain how transportation technologies helped people cross difficult landscapes and move goods efficiently. In your answers, cite specific words or phrases from the document as evidence.
Based on the document, infer one likely impact of improved transportation technologies on trade networks in Afro-Eurasia.
Support your inference with evidence from the document and reasoning.
Based on evidence in the document, what is the BEST inference about why a compass would be valuable to traders?
Which pair of items from the document BEST supports the idea that traders used different technologies for different environments?
Which technology listed in the document is BEST evidence of adaptation for ocean travel across long distances?
Using evidence from the document, explain two ways transportation technologies helped people move goods efficiently across challenging landscapes.
Cite at least two specific words or phrases from the document as evidence.