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Unit: Era 5 - The First Global Age (1200 to 1750 CE)

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5.0: Era 5 Overview

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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Era 5 Overview
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WATCH: Era 5 Overview
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READ: Era 5 Overview — The First Global Age
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Frames in Unit 5
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WATCH: Frames in Unit 5
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Era 5 OverviewGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

5.1: Land-Based Empires

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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Wait for It…The Mongols!
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Wait For It...The Mongols!
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Comanche Empire
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WATCH: Comanche Empire
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires
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Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires
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Land-Based EmpiresGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

5.2: Old World Webs

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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Guilds, Wool, and Trade — Medieval England in a Global Economy
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WATCH: Guilds, Wool, and Trade ⁠— Medieval England in a Global Economy
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READ: Archipelago of Trade
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READ: New World Webs—Diversity and Exchange in the Americas
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Aztec Empire
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Aztec Empire
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Inca Empire Overview
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Inca Empire overview
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READ: Trade Networks and the Black Death
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Disease!
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Disease in human history
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Old World WebsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

5.3: The Colombian Exchange

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READ: Crops that Grew the World
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READ: The Columbian Exchange
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: The Columbian Exchange
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WATCH: The Columbian Exchange
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READ: The Disastrous Effects of Increased Global Interactions c. 1500 to c. 1600
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READ: Transatlantic Migration Patterns — The Voluntary and Involuntary Movement of People
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READ: Religious Syncretism in Colonial Mexico City
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5.4: The Transatlantic Slave Trade

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READ: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Impact of the Slave Trade - Through a Ghanaian Lens
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WATCH: Impact of the Slave Trade - Through a Ghanaian Lens
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READ: Race and Coerced Labor Part I - People as Property in the Americas
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READ: Race and Coerced Labor Part II - Motivations and Justifications
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5.5: New Economic Systems

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READ: Overview of New Economic Systems
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation
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WATCH: The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company
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WATCH: Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company
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READ: Capitalism and Slavery
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New Economic SystemsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
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We’ve arrived at what many consider one of the most important turning points in history, when the world became globally interconnected for the first time. What changed and what continued in this newly networked world?