Step 2: Explain Why It Matters

Put your reading into practice. Identify each term below, and then explain why it matters in world history.

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TERM WHO OR WHAT & WHEN WHY IT MATTERS
chattel
age-grade systems
oba
Taghaza
Tuareg
cowrie shells
Coptic Christianity
Swahili
Middle Passage
sorting
shore trading