5.1: Trade and the rise of cities
Trade and the rise of cities
Lesson duration is: 50 minItems in this lesson
Trade and the rise of cities
Middel ages
* 500-1500
* Early: 500-1000
Late: 1000-1500
Improvements in the agriculture
*Horse collar
* Iron plough
* Three-field system
- 1/3 left to rest for a year
Reclaiming
* Wasteland
* Suitable for farming
* More land for agriculture
When did the late middle ages start?
0
500
1000
1500
What are agricultural improvements in the late middle ages
Horse collar, fertilizer and three-field system
Horse collar, three-field system and iron plough
Fertilizer, iron plough and three-field system
Tractor, three-field system and iron plough
New jobs
* More food -> Less farmers
* Left over food -> Markets
* Markets grew into cities
* Rise of craftspeople
Rise of trade
Development of money
Barter economy to a monetary economy
Barter -> exchanging goods for other goods
Monetary -> exchanging goods for money
Disadvantage: Everyone had their own type of money
Cities work together
Hanseatic League
How?
Agreements on pricing
Less taxes
Security
Five statements about the three-field system, determine for every statement if it is correct or incorrect.
The three-field system is a way of agriculture where every three years a field is fallow.
Due to the three-field system the agricultural land became more fertile.
Due to the three-field system the harvests got smaller, because less area was available.
The three-field system was comparable to the manorial system.
Farmers started to use the three-field system in the year 600.
Correct
Correct
Incorrect
Incorrect
Incorrect
Explain what craftpeople mean
Early middle ages
Late middle ages
Agrarian society
Agrarian-urban society
Assignment
Make the assignment of paragraph 5.1
Learninggoals
At the end of the lesson you can:
Explain a reason for the growth of the population in cities from the year 1000.
Explain why it was advantageous for cities to join the hanseatic league
Give a reason for the rise of a monetary economy