Framework for comparison
Economic effects compared
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Political effects compared
Cultural effects compared
Environmental effects compared
Winners and losers: a summary
Connecting to the AP exam
Primary sources
Ibn Khaldun on civilization's fragility (c. 1377)
William of Rubruck on Mongol diversity (1253)
Key figures
Vocabulary
Unit 2 topics
Unit 2 overview2.1The Silk Roads2.10Comparison of the Effects of Connectivity2.2The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World2.3Exchange in the Indian Ocean2.4Trans-Saharan Trade Routes2.5Cultural Consequences of Connectivity2.6Environmental Consequences of Connectivity2.7Comparison of Economic Exchange2.8Effects of the Mongol Empire2.9Causes and Effects of the Bubonic Plague