TOPIC 2.6
Environmental Consequences
of Connectivity
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 K
Explain the environmental effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC- There was continued diffusion of crops and pathogens, with epidemic diseases, including the bubonic plague, along trade routes.
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 K
Explain the environmental effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC- There was continued diffusion of crops and pathogens, with epidemic diseases, including the bubonic plague, along trade routes.