How did trade in the Indian Ocean connect peoples in Africa with Eurasia?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but correct responses should include: The Indian Ocean was the world's great arena of exchange, crossed by trade routes and rimmed with rich societies. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the effects of such exchange increased. In East Africa, new or renewed states and trading communities grew in size and influence. Gradually, links across the Indian Ocean lessened East Africa's isolation. In the twelfth century, Arabic-speaking geographers recorded the names of places along the East African coast as far south as the Limpopo River in Mozambique and knew of Muslim communities as far away as the island of Zanzibar. Arab traders already frequented Mogadishu in modern Somalia, bound for India and China, via the Maldive and Laccadive Islands in the Indian Ocean. East Africa was well marked on thirteenth-century Chinese maps.
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Which of the following statements is true of Europe in the fifteenth century?
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How was the Union able to begin leading Reconstruction efforts in the south?
What will be an ideal response?
Frances Wright argued that
A) marriage was a barrier to women's rights. B) marriage played no role in either furthering or hindering women's rights. C) women should not be involved with the abolitionist movement. D) women should not obtain an education.