1. What impacts did the Byzantines have on other people?
Warm up pg 46

2. Target
Know the new migrations of the Polynesian peoples and the movements of the Vikings
Understand the connections between the various states in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East
Understand the trends in trade, cultural diffusion, and the rise and fall of cities

3. P3 Timeline pg 47

4. Byzantine Empire (until 1453, when Ottomans come in)
600CE
700
800
900
1000CE
1100
1200
1300
1450
Byzantine Empire (until 1453, when Ottomans come in)
Europe
Kievan Rus (Russia)
Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages
European Middle Ages
Franks
Almoravid
Almohad
Hanseatic League
Vikings
Al-Andalus (Cordoba Caliphate)
Crusades
Middle East
Umayyad
Abbasid
Ayyubid
Seljuk
Mamluk Sultanate ’s
Fatimid
Early middle age
High
Late middle ages
Vikings 750/800 – 11th cen
HanseaticLEague
Songhai doesn’t start until period 4 in mid1400’s
Africa
Almoravid
Almohad 1121–1269
Ghana
Mali 1200’s – 1600’s
Oceania
Polynesian migrations

5. Vikings
Polynesian

6. Use your map to think about the following questions
Use your map to think about the following questions. Be prepare because you will discuss them Write down your thoughts on page 48 Leave a space or two after each question for any corrections/annotations/ extra info I give you

7. Trade
Think about the climate, area, agriculture in Kievan Rus (proto Russia) What do you think Kievan Rus produces and trades? What do you think they may need?
Think about Africa - what exports may they be producing? What may they need to import?
Look at the longevity of Ghana, how is this directly related to the strengthening of the Trans-Saharan Trade route? Observe the other empires in Africa – what ideas may be running along this trade route to Ghana/Mali?
What time period do you think has the most trade flourishing? Why?
What types of items do you think went between geographic areas?

8. Timbuktu, West African EMpires:
Russia:
Exports– fur, honey, wax, linen, slaves
Imports – Spices silk, steel, horses, jewels
Timbuktu, West African EMpires:
Exports – Salt, Gold, Slaves
Imports – Textiles, horses
Growth, protection of trade routes, consistent economy and connections and demands from North African Empires/Caliphates. Islam
Transfers
Crusades (Europe  Middle East  Asia)
Compass, coffee, numbers (Algebra), medicine, paper, silk, astronomy for navigation , spices
Al-Andalus to Medieval Europe
Medicine, numbers, music, poetry, books, textile, citrus, water wheel, astronomy for navigation , spices
Africa to Caliphates and Asia
Ivory, gold, slaves, pepper

9. Cross Cultural interactions
What sort of ideas are being spread. Be specific:
What religions? - From where to where?
What innovations? Technology? – From where to where?
Texts/laws?
Labor force?
Gender roles?
Orthodox Christianity to Russia from Byzantines
Islam to Africa

10. The Crusades What can this timeline tell us about the Crusades?
Yes, mention different religions, but also think about
State competition
Trade
Connecting who with who?
What items are spreading?
Rise AND fall of cities
Who may benefit?
Think about travel – how may this improve over time?

11. Rise and Fall of Cities Think about rise and fall of cities.
What time period do you think cities were growing?
How did a change in Viking behavior contribute to that?
How did the crusades contribute to that?
How did the connectivity of trade routes and empires contribute to that?
What time period(s) do you think cities were in decline
Why did that happen in Europe (both eras)
How did the Vikings contribute to this before they changed?
How did the crusades add to this?

12. HW: Flipped classroom on the Crusades Study for vocab quiz on Thursday Review: Describe the diffusion of Islam to new places/ peoples in Africa and the Middle East