1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. Why was 1450 a turning point in European history?
   2. How did Ivan the Great establish the modern Russian state?
   
   
2. Finish Discussing European, East Asian, and Gunpowder Empire Expand
   
   
3. The Evolution of the Book Video
   
   
4. Discuss Empires: Administration
   
   
5. Finish Work and Study for Monday's Quiz (Homework)

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. What do you think was the most important cultural development from units 1/2?
   2. What do you think was the most important technological development from units 1/2?
   
   
2. Crash Course: Crusades Video
   
   
3. Discuss European, East Asian, and Gunpowder Empires Expand

1. Units 1/2 Document-Based Essay Question Test

1. Warm Up Questions
   “Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant, wrote about the efficiency and riches of the Yuan dynasty under Kublai Khan, praising Mongol rule as superior to that of Europeans.”
   1. What was Marco Polo’s point of view?
   2. Why might this make his description more or less reliable?
   
   
2. Finish DBQ Practice: The Break Up
   Use the documents to fill out the essay framework
   
   
3. HIPPY Units 1/2 DBQ Documents

1. Warm Up Questions
   “When Mansa Musa, the ruler of Mali, visited Cairo on his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, an Egyptian scribe recorded that Musa distributed so much gold that the value of gold in the city dropped for years.”
   1. What was the likely purpose of recording Musa’s generosity?
   2. Why might this affect how reliable the account is for understanding Mali’s wealth?
   
   
2. Finish Document-Based-Question Essay Workshop
   
   
3. DBQ Practice: The Break Up
   Use the documents to fill out the essay framework

1. Warm Up Questions
   “The Yuan dynasty (Mongol rulers of China) issued an edict in the 14th century ordering Chinese farmers to pay taxes in grain and labor. The decree was posted in village marketplaces across northern China.”
   1. Who was the intended audience of this edict?
   2. Why might that affect how we understand the source?
   
   
2. Continue Document-Based-Question Essay Workshop
   
   
3. Begin work on Unit 3 Homework (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

1. Warm Up Questions
   “In 1258, the Mongols captured Baghdad, destroying much of the city and ending the Abbasid Caliphate. A Persian chronicler wrote that the city’s scholars and citizens were slaughtered and that the Tigris River ‘ran black with ink and red with blood.’”
   1. How does the historical context of Mongol conquest help explain why this chronicler described events so dramatically?
   2. Why might this affect the reliability of his account?
   
   
2. Document-Based-Question Essay Workshop
   
   
3. Begin work on Unit 3: Chapter 3.3 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, October 16th)
   
   
4. Begin work on Unit 3: Chapter 3.4 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, October 16th)

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. Europe will be on the rise at the end of the Post-Classical Era. Why?
   2. China will be on the decline at the end of the Post-Classical Era. Why?
   
   
2. Unit 2 Test
   
   
3. Begin work on Unit 3: Chapter 3.1 Homework (Homework--Due Monday, October 13th)
   
   
4. Begin work on Unit 3: Chapter 3.2 Homework (Homework--Due Monday, October 13th)

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. What were the similarities among the various networks of exchange from 1200-1450?
   2. What were the differences among the various networks of exchange from 1200-1450?
   
   
2. Crash Course: Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols Video
   
   
3. Unit 2: Chapters 2.5/2.6/2.7 Quiz
   
   
4. Finish Ibn Battuta Document Analysis
   Use the documents to answer the questions (Canvas)
   
   
5. Finish Work and Study for Monday's Test (Homework)

1. Warm Up Questions
   
   1. By the end of the Post-Classical Era, two important trading cities had declined. What cities and why?
   2. What were agricultural effects of these Post-Classical exchange networks?
   
   
2. Finish Analyzing Primary Sources: HIPPY Practice
   Use the sources to complete the analysis worksheet (Canvas)
   
   
3. Ibn Battuta Document Analysis
   Use the documents to answer the questions (Canvas)
   
   
4. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

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