Traditions and Encounters, AP Edition (Bentley), 5th EditionChapter 21:
Reaching Out: Expanding Horizons of Cross-Cultural InteractionLearning Objectives
When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
- Identify and discuss important long-distance postclassical trade patterns and routes.
- Explain the reasons behind an increase in postclassical political, religious, and diplomatic travel.
- Discuss the roles of missionary campaigns, long-distance travel, and cross-cultural exchanges.
- Explain the presence and spread of pandemics across the era.
- Explain the rise of the Ming dynasty in China.
- Discuss and identify state-building recovery efforts in Europe.
- Outline some key elements of the Renaissance in Europe.
- Compare and contrast Ming and European exploration efforts.
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