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AP World History: Modern›Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (c. 1200–c. 1450)›Networks of Exchange (c. 1200–c. 1450)

Consequences of Connectivity

Trade spread religions, technologies, crops, and diseases, including the Black Death, across Afro-Eurasia.

Cultural diffusion
The Black Death
Crops and technology spread

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Also called: black death, cultural diffusion