The document discusses what was known and learned about global trade circuits and civilizations between the 13th and 15th centuries. It was known that gunpowder and cannons originated in China, and the Islamic Golden Age and European Dark Ages were related. New learnings included the voyages of Zheng He and China's role in overseas trade, the importance of the Indian Ocean trade route, African civilizations before colonization, how Islam spread, and that slavery was not based on skin color.
The document discusses what was known and learned about global trade circuits and civilizations between the 13th and 15th centuries. It was known that gunpowder and cannons originated in China, and the Islamic Golden Age and European Dark Ages were related. New learnings included the voyages of Zheng He and China's role in overseas trade, the importance of the Indian Ocean trade route, African civilizations before colonization, how Islam spread, and that slavery was not based on skin color.
The document discusses what was known and learned about global trade circuits and civilizations between the 13th and 15th centuries. It was known that gunpowder and cannons originated in China, and the Islamic Golden Age and European Dark Ages were related. New learnings included the voyages of Zheng He and China's role in overseas trade, the importance of the Indian Ocean trade route, African civilizations before colonization, how Islam spread, and that slavery was not based on skin color.
● The general idea of the trade circuits in the 13-1400s
● The Islamic Golden age (the Ottoman empire and their accomplishments) ● The dark ages in Europe ● Gunpowder and cannons came from China
What have you learned?
● The voyages of Zheng-He and the contributions China made to overseas trade ● The importance of the Indian ocean in trade in 14th and 15th-century trade ● What Africa’s civilization looked like before Europe colonized it ● How the Islamic golden age and the dark ages were related ● Dar-al-Islam and how Islam spread ● That Europe introduced armed trade to the Indian Ocean after the trade circuit had been continuing smoothly and peacefully ● Whether someone was a slave had nothing to do with their skin color ● People in Africa had slaves and that determined their wealth as opposed to how much land they owned