Monthly Digest: August 2024
Monthly Digest for August 2024
“Six Months of Winter”: New France, the Little Ice Age, and European Colonization of the Americas
Discussion of teaching the effects of the Little Ice Age on French colonization of North America
“Seven Snowfalls Until the Spring”: The Little Ice Age and Tokugawa Japan
Discussion of teaching the Little Ice Age in Japan
“Practice the Religion of the Buddha”: State Formation in South and Southeast Asia, 1200 - 1450
Discussion of teaching the role of Buddhism in the Sukhothai Kingdom
“The Earth Was Covered in Snow”: China and the Middle East in the Seventeenth Century
Discussion of teaching the Little Ice Age in the Chinese and Ottoman Empires
Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam in South and Southeast Asia
Visualizing religious diversity in South and Southeast Asia
“The Great Mass of Snow and Hail”: Teaching the Little Ice Age, c.1300 - c.1800
Discussion of teaching the Little Ice Age in world history
Visualizing the Spread of Chess
Discussion of visual primary sources showing the spread of chess
“Eight Centuries After His Rule”: Legacies of the Mongol Empire
Discussion of teaching the legacies of the Mongol Empire
“The Name of Allah Comes from Alif”: Sufism and the Spread of Islam Among Indian Women
Discussion of teaching the spread of Islam in South Asia
