Vocabulary

• Foundations of Islam
• Trading Routes
• Asia (pre-Mongols)
• Mongols
• Medieval Europe

Readings/Assignments

• The Black Plague: How a mysterious disease laid low Europe's masses
• Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron
• Development of Feudalism in Western Europe
• Mongolia Sees Genghis Khan’s Good Side, NY Times
• Invaders: Destroying Baghdad, The New Yorker 
• Mongol DBQ (Impact)
• Mongol DBQ (Conquest)
• ​Empires of Medieval West Africa (Book)
• Why were Medieval Europeans So Obsessed With Long, Pointy Shoes?​​
• The Crusades Reading : Two Faces of the "Holy War"
• Historical Perspectives on Islamic Dress
• Early Islamic Caliphates Reading
• Trade Routes Map Assignment 

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Projects

• Vikings Project
• Black Plague Diaries 

Power Points

• Islam Foundations 
• Asia 
• Mongols
• Indian Ocean Trade Connects the World
• Europe in the Middle Ages (Medieval Europe)
• Could you Survive as a Medieval European Woman?
• Growth of International Trade 1000- 1500 CE 

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Reviews

• Need to Know
• Major Belief Systems 1000CE
• Overview 
• Cram Packet
• Key Concept 3.1
• Key Concept 3.2
• Key Concept 3.3 ​