Unit 7, Lesson 3

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Movement describes how people, goods, technologies, ideas and other things (like diseases) get from one place to another.

This is one of the 5 themes of geography… remember them?

The geographic theme of movement:

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In this lesson, you will learn about several important events

and changes that took place in Afroeurasia during the time from 1000 to 1450 CE.

You will focus on the Crusades, the Mongol invasions, and the Black Death. Each of these events involved movement.

Study each of the maps on the following slides, and make a prediction about what was MOVING, and what impact that movement might have had.

Make a prediction…

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Study this map. The Crusades were military campaigns of Christian soldiers from Europe trying to conquer territory controlled by Muslim forces in the Middle East.

Turn and Talk: What moved? What is your best guess?Okay… beyond the obvious things, what else moved?

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Make more predictions.

Turn and Talk:

What do these pictures tell you about the Crusades?

What questions do you still have?

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What have we learned about the crusades based on

these pictures?

What questions do these pictures raise about the Crusades?

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The Crusades

Military campaigns sanctioned by the Latin Roman Catholic Church during the High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages.

In 1095, Pope Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade with the stated goal of restoring Christian access to holy places in and near Jerusalem.

Following the First Crusade there was an intermittent 200-year struggle for control of the Holy Land, with seven more major crusades and numerous minor ones.

In 1291, the conflict ended in failure with the fall of the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land at Acre, after which Roman Catholic Europe mounted no further coherent response in the east.

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The Crusades

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Study this map. The Mongols formed an empire by moving into new lands and conquering other areas through military campaigns.

Stop and Jot: What moved? What is your best guess?Okay… beyond the obvious things, what else moved?

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Stop and Jot

What do these pictures tell you about the Mongols?

What questions do you still have?

Mongol invasions and conquests progressed throughout the 13th century, resulting in the vast Mongol Empire

By 1300, the Mongol Empire covered much of Asia and Eastern Europe.

Historians regard the Mongol raids and invasions as some of the deadliest conflicts in human history.

By facilitating international trade on an unprecedented scale, the Mongols brought the bubonic plague along with them, helping cause the massive loss of life in the Black Death.

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Mongol Invasion

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Study this map.

The Black Death was a massive epidemic of the Bubonic Plague that spread from Asia to Europe.

It killed millions of people.

Turn and Talk:

What moved? What is your best guess?

Okay… beyond the obvious things, what else moved?

The Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Volgemut

Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411)

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Make more predictions as you Turn and Talk.

What do these pictures tell you about the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?

What questions do you still have?

Cultural diffusion is the process of different cultures

adopting ideas, technology, beliefs from other cultures over time.

Think about the maps and how you answered the question, “What else moved?”

Do you think these events lead to cultural diffusion? Turn and Talk to explain your thinking about this question to a partner.

Cultural Diffusion

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Text Codes

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Areas of possible change: Text Code

Trade networks TN

Government G

Movement and Migration M

Culture and knowledge (including science,

math, arts, etc.)

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Religion R

Technology T

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Trend / events / patterns Images

In China, the Song Dynasty built upon the systems and

advances of the previous Han Dynasty. It was the most

prosperous and technologically developed state in the

world at this time. Gunpowder, the compass, and block

printing were all developed in China during this time

period.

In Korea and Japan, bureaucratic governments based on

the Chinese system had been developed, and many

cultural advances were taking place. The Samurai culture

was developing in Japan amidst periods of internal

conflict.

Areas of possible change: Text Code

Trade networks TN

Government G

Movement and Migration M

Culture and knowledge (including science, math, arts, etc.) C

Religion R

Technology T

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Trend / events / patterns Images

In China, the Song Dynasty built upon the systems and

advances of the previous Han Dynasty. It was the most

prosperous and technologically developed state in the

world at this time. Gunpowder, the compass, and block

printing were all developed in China during this time

period.

In Korea and Japan, bureaucratic governments based on

the Chinese system had been developed, and many

cultural advances were taking place. The Samurai culture

was developing in Japan amidst periods of internal

conflict.

Areas of possible change: Text Code

Trade networks TN

Government G

Movement and Migration M

Culture and knowledge (including science, math, arts, etc.) C

Religion R

Technology T

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TC

How were the changes in the world between 1000 CE

and 1215 CE both similar to and different from the changes that took place between 1200 and 1453 CE?

What is the larger pattern of change across the whole era, 1000 CE to 1453 CE? In other words, how did the world change in those 453 years?

What changes seemed most important?

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1000 to 1453 CE

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