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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 23.Understands patterns of crisis and recovery in Afro-Eurasia between 1300 and 1450
  
Topics1. Role of individuals in history; 2. Asia after Mongol rule; 3. Cooperation and conflict; 4. Literary and artistic developments
   Level III (Grade 7-8)
  Benchmark 5.Understands the significance of Timur the Lame (Tamerlane) (e.g., the impact of conquests in Southwest Asia, India, and Central Asia; how Timur's rule encouraged a flourishing of cultural life in Samarkand and the role his government played in the support of arts and sciences)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  Timur the Lame
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands the impact of Timur’s conquests in Southwest Asia, India, and Central Asia   
  2. Understands how Timur’s rule encouraged a flourishing of cultural life in Samarkand   
  3. Knows the role Timur’s government played in the support of arts and sciences   


Citation Log: BD(BE,172;​R;​WE,158)
Citation reference
BD = benchmark, declarative
BP = benchmark, procedural
BC = benchmark, contextual

1st letter/number of each code in parentheses:
B   NCHS: Basic Edition
L   Lessons from History
W   NCHS: World History, expanded edition

2nd letter code :
E = Explicitly stated in document
I = Implicit in document

Number:
Page number of the cited document