1. 600-1450 C.E. All You Need to Know

2. 600-1450 is referred to as the Post- Classical Era. The chapters about this time period cover the Middle East, Europe, South America, Africa, Asia

3. Maps

7. Timeline, Wooohooo!

8. Timeline 500 C.E. 570-632 Muhammad 589-618 Sui Dynasty 600 C.E. 618-907 Tang Dynasty 661-750 Ummayad Caliphate 668 Korean Independence 700 C.E. 750 Abbasid Caliphate 777 North African Islamic kingdoms form 800 C.E. 800-814 Charlemagne Empire 900 C.E. 960-1127 Song Dynasty Tula established by Toltecs Vladmir I converts to Christianity 1000 C.E. 1054 Schism between Eastern and Western Christianity 1055 Abbasid caliphate controlled by Seljuk Turks 1066 Feudal monarchy on the rise 1096-1099 First Crusade (to Palestine)

9. Even More Timeline 1100 C.E. 1100 China invents exploding powder 1150 Toltec Empire declines and ends 1185-1333 Kamakura Shogunate 1200 C.E. 1231-1392 Korea ruled by Mongols 1236 Mongols capture Russia 1258 Baghdad captured by Mongols, Abbasid caliphate ends 1265 First English parliament 1279-1368 China ruled by Mongols 1300 C.E. 1320s Europeans use first cannon in war 1320-1340 Bubonic plague originates in Gobi desert and spreads 1325 Rise of the Aztecs 1338-1453 Hundred Years’ War 1350 Rise of Inca 1400 C.E. 1405-1433 Chinese trading expeditions 1453 End of Byzantine Empire

10. Vocabulary

11. bedouins Umayyad Quran five pillars caliph Sunnis Jihad Abbasids Mongols Sufis manorialism serfs three-field system feudalism vassals Magna Carta Parliaments Hundred Years War guilds black death bushi samurai seppuku shogun daimyos sinification

12. Important People!

13. Charlemagne United Western Europe Regarded as the Founder of France and Germany Muhammad Founded Islam His revelations inspired writing of Quran

14. Mansa Musa Ruled the Mali Empire Had almost half of the world’s gold Vladimir I of Kiev Introduced Christianity to the Rus’

15. Major Developments

16. Rise of Islam Bubonic Plague Parliamentary Government World Trading Network Tang/Song Dynasty Byzantium and Orthodox Christianity American Empires African Empires Feudalism

17. Rise of Islam Muhammed (570-632)- bedouin tribes in present-day Saudi Arabia. Arabian tribes eventually united by Islam and the booty from continued raids against other areas Bedouin tribes take over Iran, Iraq, North India

18. World Trading Network Strong Muslim Empires bridged gap between East and West Technology spread due to trade

19. Bubonic Plague 13 th to 16 th century- Black Death swept through Eurasia 1/3 of population was killed

20. Parliamentary Government Began in England in the 1100s Idea spread from England to rest of Europe

21. Tang/Song Dynasty Scholar-gentry Examinations Expanded territory west to Caspian Sea and north to Lake Baikal

22. Byzantium and Orthodox Christianity Created from eastern part of Roman Empire Russia inherited Orthodox Christianity and the Byzantine tradition The Byzantine Empire was surrounded by Muslims to the south and Turkic tribes to the East

23. American Civilizations Maya-Yucatan Peninsula cities abandoned in 700s Toltecs-came after Mayas, set up capital city in 968 in central Mexico Aztecs-came after Toltecs Incas-1300-1400s, took over much of western South America

24. African Empires Originally mostly stateless society – no bureaucracy or professional military Islam spread quickly through Africa, with its ideas of equality In Northeast Africa, the Sahel, several kingdoms emerged. In order: Ghana, Mali, Songhay. Before the 400s, there were already Christian converts in Egypt and Eastern Africa Ethiopian kingdom and Copts in Egypt were Christian

25. Feudalism Rome fell, chaos reigned from 500s to 900s Catholicism provided only organization Charlemagne created feudal empire based on Papal support Soon other groups also did this