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Steamships and the Hajj

Discussion of teaching the effects of steamships on Islam

Bram Hubbell
Bram Hubbell
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Steamships and the Hajj
From page 104 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description.
From page 104 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description.

During the second half of the nineteenth century, the development of railroads, steamships, and telegraphs made the world feel “smaller.” Travel was easier and faster. Global communications that used to take weeks or months took hours or days. We often teach these changes as part of the Second Industrial Revolution and focus on Western European examples, but how did these changes affect people across the Indian Ocean?

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