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History / Year 8 / Historical Knowledge and Understanding / Overview of the ancient to modern world
Curriculum content descriptions
key features of the medieval world (feudalism, trade routes, voyages of discovery, contact and conflict) (ACOKFH009)
Elaborations
- identifying the major civilisations of the period (Byzantine, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Ottoman, Khmer, Mongols, Yuan and Ming dynasties, Aztec, Inca); where and when they existed; and their extent (for example, the Vikings through Europe, the Mongols across Eurasia, and the Spanish in the Americas)
- locating the major trading routes (including the Mediterranean; the Silk Road; the sea route between China, India and the east coast of Africa; and the Columbian Exchange) on a map and identifying the nature of the trade/contact (for example, along the Silk Road – slaves, spices, silk, glassware, spread of knowledge and diseases)
- describing beliefs about the world and the voyages of discovery (European and Asian), the nature of the voyages and the redrawing of the map of the world
- explaining the significance of land ownership in the practice of feudalism and the nature of feudalism in Europe (for example, knights) and Japan (for example, samurai)
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Conflict (Human relations), Classical antiquity, Feudalism, Exploration, First contact, Distribution (Marketing)