1. POST CLASSICAL PERIOD 600-1450
Trade and Faith Define An Age

2. 600-1450 Topics Break– fall of classical empires
Spread of great world religions
Medieval world
Growth of trade/interaction
Renaissance

3. 600-1450 Chapter Topics 6-8—Islam and its spread 8—Africa
9—Eastern Europe
10—Medieval Europe
11—Americas
12—Chinese Renaissance
13—Japan, Korea and Vietnam
14—Mongols
15—Beginning of European Renaissance

4. 600-1450 Themes Questions of periodization
Nature and causes of changes in the world history framework leading up to 600 C.E.—1450 as a period
Emergence of new empires and political systems
(e.g., Umayyad, ‘Abbasid, Byzantium, Russia, Sudanic states, Swahili Coast, Tang, Song, and Ming China, Delhi Sultanate, Mongol, Turkish, Aztec, Inca)
Continuities and breaks within the period
(e.g., the effects of the Mongols on international contacts and on specific societies)

5. 600-1450 Themes The Islamic world
The rise and role of Dar al-Islam as a unifying cultural and economic force in Eurasia and Africa
Islamic political structures, notably the caliphate
Arts, sciences, and technologies

6. 600-1450 Themes Interregional networks and contacts
Development and shifts in interregional trade, technology, and cultural exchange
Trans-Sahara trade
Indian Ocean trade
Silk Roads
Economic innovations
e.g., Tang, Song, and early Ming China, Swahili Coast trade, economic systems in the Americas
Missionary outreach of major religions
Contacts between major religions, e.g., Islam and Buddhism, Christianity and Islam
Impact of the Mongol empires

7. 600-1450 Themes Political systems and cultural patterns East Asia
China’s expansion
Chinese influence on surrounding areas and its limits (Japan, Vietnam, and Korea)
Change and continuities in Confucianism
The Americas
Apex and decline of the Maya
Rise of the Aztec
Rise of the Inca
Restructuring of Europe
Decentralization—medieval society
Division of Christianity
Revival of cities
Africa
Sudanic empires (Mali, Ghana, Songhay)
Swahili coast
South Asia and Southeast Asia
Delhi Sultanate
Vietnam
Arts, sciences, and technologies

8. 600-1450 Themes Demographic and environmental changes
Impact of migrations on Afro-Eurasia and the Americas
e.g., Aztecs, Mongols, Turks, Vikings, and Arabs
Consequences of plague pandemics in the fourteenth century
Growth and role of cities
e.g., the expansion of urban commercial centers in Song China and administrative centers in Africa and the Americas

9. 600-1450 Themes Diverse interpretations
What are the issues involved in using cultural areas rather than states as units of analysis?
What are the sources of change: nomadic migrations versus urban growth?
Was there a world economic network in this period?
Were there common patterns in the new opportunities available to and constraints placed on elite women in this period?
To what extent was Dar al-Islam a unified cultural/political entity?

10. 600-1450 Major Comparisons and Analyses: Examples
Compare the role and function of cities in major societies
Analyze gender systems and changes, such as the effects of Islam
Analyze the interactions between Jews, Christians, and Muslims
Compare developments in political and social institutions in both eastern and western Europe
Compare Japanese and European feudalism
Compare European and sub-Saharan African contacts with the Islamic world
Analyze the Chinese civil service exam system and the rise of meritocracy

11. Examples of the types of information students are expected to know contrasted with examples of what students are not expected to know for the multiple-choice section:
Arab caliphate, but not the transition from Umayyad to ‘Abbasid
Mamluks, but not Almohads
Feudalism, but not specific feudal monarchs such as Richard I
Land management systems, but not the European three-field system
Crusading movement and its impact, but not specific crusades
Viking exploration, expansion, and impact, but not individual explorers
Mongol expansion and its impact, but not details of specific khanates
Papacy, but not particular popes
Indian Ocean trading patterns, but not Gujarati merchants
Neoconfucianism, but not the specific contribution of Zhu Xi

12. Development of systematic interactions between civilizations – Trade Contacts
1000 – dependable trade routes – regular product exchange.
N to S and W to E routes – exchange of technologies and ideas – cultural diffusion. Ie. Arabic numerals from India

13. trade contacts continued …
Travel increases during this period
Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo
Americas: way behind
No disease contact
No technological contact
No animal exchange
Did not use bronze or iron

14. Development of systematic interactions between civilizations – Spread of World Religions
Buddhism, Christianity, Islam (most important in the numbers affected)
Spread across cultural/political boundaries (missionaries, trade…)
Large numbers convert
Syncretic conversion
Accept new beliefs but keep some of their own
Religious map of Eurasia set

15. Islam Rise of Arab Islam Becomes first world class superpower
Before this best was probably India

16. Why convert to new religions?
Decline of classical empires
More chaos, death rates increase
China
Buddhism created decline in secular thought
Fervency of missionaries
Governments used Christianity for power
i.e., Vladimir in Russia became Christian

17. Religions That Were Not Global
Hinduism
Did not travel well outside of India
Needed the Caste System
Guptas favored Hinduism within India
Daoism
No missionary qualities
Shintoism (Japan)

18. Spread of Civilization
Spreads to other areas
Number of definable civilizations increases
Because of disunity of Mediterranean world

19. 7 Civilization Areas by 1450 Expanded East Asia S. and S.E. Asia
W. Asia (Middle East and N. Africa)
Sub Saharan Africa
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Americas

20. 3 types of civilization Most developed Classical past to build on
Middle East, North Africa, India, Byzantine Empire
Classical past to build on
Most trade
Centralized politically
The “developed” world

21. 3 types of civilization Less developed
Japan, Russia, W. Europe, E. Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, S & E Asia
Some world trade – less processed goods
More decentralized politically
Not as large bureaucracies
Active, self-conscious imitators of developed civilizations
Copied social and cultural things: religion, alphabets, art

22. less developed continued …
Copied technology and political structure
Didn’t do a good job of it
What Western Europe copied from Islam
Gothic arch was Islamic arch
Law
Science and math
Role of reason

23. Least developed Americas Not in contact with world or world religions
Didn’t matter until contact occurred
Had their own achievements but not as good as first and second tier countries

24. Women – good and bad Good
Spread of world religions – Christianity/ Islam / Buddhism
Men and women share spiritual equality
Equality not a belief in Classical society
Patriarchal society

25. women continued …
Bad
Politically and economically – major deterioration in the life of women
Veiling – originally from Mesopotamia
Sati – wife on funeral pyre
Footbinding (women as ornamental)

26. What IS and ISN’T in This Time
Religion is in control
Politics not as important
Not many technological developments
Population growth only in some regions

27. Islam Trade patterns Some change in India Least change in China
Change and continuity: What changes in the Post Classical in relation to the Foundations Period?
Islam
Trade patterns
Some change in India
Least change in China

28. POST CLASSICAL PERIOD 600-1450
Trade and Faith Define An Age