“There were significant changes in travel and transportation between 750 and 1400.” With reference to two societies, each from a different region, to what extent do you agree with this statement?

Candidates will consider the merits or otherwise of the hypothesis that travel and transportation changed significantly between 750 and 1400. While the focus of the response must be within the timeframe of this topic, the societies under discussion need not be contemporaneous with each other. The societies must come from different regions. The chosen societies may be considered separately or a thematic approach may be adopted. Candidates may consider that changes in travel and transportation may have come in the form of increasing quantities of trade, which may or may not have been the result of technical improvements. It would be valid to show that in some cases change was limited by, for example, the lack of improvement in the quality of roads in some parts of the world, and the difficulties presented by river transport. Candidates may choose to consider elements of both change and continuity.