Objective 2K: Environmental Effects of Trade Routes

5. Illnesses like the bubonic plague that spread across Afro-Eurasia, disrupting societies and economies.
7. Pathways that facilitated the exchange of goods, crops, and diseases, including the Silk Roads and Indian Ocean networks.
8. The spread of agricultural products like bananas, new rice varieties, citrus fruits, and sugarcane along trade routes.
9. A crop spread through trade routes that became a key commodity, leading to the development of plantations and driving demand in interregional trade.

1. A devastating epidemic that spread along trade routes, causing widespread population decline in Afro-Eurasia.
2. High-yield rice strains in East Asia that increased agricultural productivity and supported population growth.
3. Crops that spread to the Mediterranean, enriching diets and becoming valuable trade goods.
4. A crop introduced to Africa that supported population growth and transformed agricultural systems.
6. Diseases that spread through trade networks, significantly impacting populations and economies.