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Assignment:
World in the Making: A Global History
After you have examined the chapter (text, maps, pictures and primary sources) answer the following questions
1. How and why did Europe's economic growth begin to surpass that of the Islamic world in the century after the Black Death?
2. Why did Islam expand dramatically in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and how did new Islamic societies differ from established ones?
3. How and why did the routes and commodities of trans-Eurasian trade change after the collapse of the Mongol empires in Central Asia?
4. How and why did the historical development of Japan in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries differ from that of mainland Eurasia?
Reading the Past: "A Genoese Merchant on Commercial Prospects in a Saharan Oasis Town" Read the source and answer the following questions:
5. What do Malfante's remarks suggest about the relationships among government, commerce, and religion in the Saharan oasis towns?
6. Does Malfante indicate that Tuat would be a profitable place for his company to do business? Why or why not?