intro ppt 600 1300
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The World: 600 -1300
Expanding Communities
Demographic and Environmental Changes Nomadic Migrations
VikingsTurksAztecsMongolsArabs
Predict the impact of these movements.
Demographic and Environmental Changes Migration of Agricultural Peoples
Bantu migrationsEuropeans to Eastern and Central Europe
Consequences of Disease For ex. Black Plague 1348
Growth and Role of CitiesUrbanization
How much of this demonstrates continuity?
Inter-regional networks and Contacts Mediterranean
trade circuit Silk Routes Indian Ocean Trans-Saharan
Trade Trans-American
circuits
Religious connections: missionaries, inter-religious contact
Impact of Mongols
Mediterranean Circuits
Silk Routes
Indian Ocean
Trans-Saharan Trade
Trans-American trade
Religious Connections
Impact of Mongols: Blessing or a Curse
China: Internal and External Expansion Tang Dynasty
Technological innovations: compass, paper, gunpowder etc.
Influence on JapanFootbinding, Neo-Confucianism
Song DynastyAll the makings of an industrial revolution
Early MingZheng He voyages, eunochs and nomadic
threats
Islamic World: Dar al-Islam Expanding cultural, economic and
political influenceAl-Andalus/ Islamic SpainNorth and West AfricaIndian Ocean: East Africa, India, SE Asia
Technological accomplishments: astrolabe, algebra, philosophy, cartography…
Al-Andalus
Islamic World: Sample Comparisons Compare Islam to Christianity Compare Islamic contacts with
Europe and with Africa Crusades- points of view compared Compare gender changes Compare support/ patronage of
arts and sciences
Europe Break in eastern and Western
Christendom: political significance? Religious schisms compared:
Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholicism
Mahayana and Theravada BuddhismSunni/ Shiite in Islam
Europe Restructuring of institutions
Role of religion: Papacy, Crusades, architecture and education
Development of feudalismComparison of feudalism in Europe and
JapanIncreasing importance of monarchy
over church
Amer-Indian World Migrations over the Bering Strait at
least 10,000 years ago. Northern America: Cahokia Southwest: Hohokam Meso-America; Olmecs, Maya,
Toltec (Aztec) South America: Nazca, Moche,
(Inca)
Sub-Saharan Africa West African kingdoms: Ghana, Mali,
Songhay East African city states: Axum, Kilwa,
Mombasa Southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe Contacts with Islamic World, Indian
Ocean world, and within Africa Role of Trade, Education and
Religion
Questions we will focus on: Was there a world economic
network in this time period? How did gender roles change? How can material culture and
urban history help us to understand early societies?
Conclusions Examples of continuity? Examples of change?
Think about new and old players.Similar patterns and trends:
demographic, social and cultural, technological.
New avenues of intersection.