Medieval European food
Medieval food: A man ladles porridge from a large pot over a fire Poor people's food was boring! In the Middle Ages in Europe, what people ate depended a lot on [...]
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08, 2017
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08, 2017
Medieval economy – Europe
Medieval economy: A carpenter works in his shop. Collapse of trade After the fall of Rome, people in Europe used money less than they had before. Instead they mostly lived on what they [...]
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07, 2017
Mauryan India – history of India
These punch-marked silver coins might be from the time of Chandragupta I, in Mauryan India. Chandragupta I Alexander went back to Babylon in 324 BC. Then a man named Chandragupta overthrew [...]
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07, 2017
Spices and cotton: Mughal Indian economy
Japanese painting of Portuguese bringing Indian cargo to Japan (1500s AD) - the Mughal Indian Economy Trade under the Mughals Under the Mughal Empire, India continued to make a lot of money [...]
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06, 2017
Where does black pepper come from? India
Black pepper growing in India What kind of pepper? There are two main different kinds of plants that we call "pepper" - chili peppers and black pepper. Black pepper is [...]
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05, 2017
What was the Silk Road? Central Asian Economy
Mongol herdsman Hunting wild animals The first people moved into Central Asia about 50,000 BC. They were probably following the big animals that they hunted for food and leather skins [...]
