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 Spain 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)