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SAQ · original Marlow Works prompt

SAQ: Networks of exchange

Using original historical thinking (not a quoted document set): (a) Identify one reason long-distance trade expanded after 1200 CE. (b) Explain one cultural effect of that expansion. (c) Explain one environmental or demographic effect.

Checklist

  • Answer a, b, and c in separate short claims.
  • Use a specific region or route in at least two parts.
  • Do not merely restate the prompt.

Key requirements

  • A cause of commercial expansion (technology, states, or demand).
  • A cultural effect such as religious diffusion or diasporic communities.
  • An environmental or demographic effect such as crop transfer or disease.