Chapter 2 Advancements in agrarian society

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Chapter 2 Advancements in agrarian society

Goals

• Students know what new agrarian advancements were made from 1000 AD onwards.
• Students can explain how agrarian surplus led to the rise of cities and urban-agrarian societies.
• Students know what the Hanseatic League was and how it functioned.

Homework

1. Read chapter 1
   
2. Mark all the important sentences
   
3. A: 1 up to 9
   M: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 & 9

Recap

What changes happened in Europe after the year 1000?

Advancements in agrarian society

Around 1000 AD 90% lived as a farmer.

Some new inventions led to an increasing production:

1. the three-field system
2. land reclamation
   
3. the heavy plough
   
4. the horse collar

New cities

• From 1000 AD, there was a calm period in Europe.
• Tradespeople and merchants started buying up surpluses and selling them.
• --> Led to fewer famines.
• --> Europe's population
  started to grow.

From 1000, the Viking raids became less frequent, leading to a calmer period in Europe.

Tradespeople and merchants were able to travel freely again. They started buying up the surpluses created by agricultural advancements and selling them across larger regions.

Between 950 and 1300, the population of Europe doubled in size

New cities

• Markets emerged along trade
  routes near a castle or church,
  at crossroads and river forks,
  and near coastal ports.
• -->  New cities were founded

New cities

• Many people no longer had to
  work as farmers.
  
• --> People became merchants
  and craftspeople.
  
• Europe turned urban-agrarian
  once more.

Carcassonne

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Get to work!

1. Read chapter 2 up to 'Trade alliances'
2. Mark all the important sentences
   
3. A: 1 up to 4
   M: 1, 2 & 3

Goals

• Students know what new agrarian advancements were made from 1000 AD onwards.
• Students can explain how agrarian surplus led to the rise of cities and urban-agrarian societies.
• Students know what the Hanseatic League was and how it functioned.

Working together

• In the north of Europe, a trade alliance was founded: the Hanseatic League.
• The Hanseatic League worked together to expand trade networks and compete with other cities.

1. Agreements about tolls and exchange rates.
2. Protection (travelling together)

A medieval city

The Open Air Museum in the Netherlands wants to recreate an entire medieval village and needs your help. They want you to make a map of what a medieval town looked like.

A medieval city

You are going to draw a map of a medieval city on an A4 sheet, taking into account:

1. The city's location (in what places do cities arise?)
   
2. The security of the city (how did medieval people ensure safety?)
3. The layout of the city (where were the important buildings located?)

Get to work!

1. Read chapter 2 completely
2. Mark all the important sentences
   
3. A: 1 up to 5 & 7 up to 10.
   M: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 & 8

Goals

• Students know what new agrarian advancements were made from 1000 AD onwards.
• Students can explain how agrarian surplus led to the rise of cities and urban-agrarian societies.
• Students know what the Hanseatic League was and how it functioned.