1. Period 3 The Post-Classical Period 600 CE -1450 CE Emma Reed, Sydney Ossege, Susan Kremer, Lexi Goettke, Noah Moore, Savannah Phillipps, and Jacob Hoarston

2. Interactions between humans & the environment -Papermaking Gunpowder developed and spread -Spread of disease (Black death) -Usage of monsoons & other environmental features for trade 1

3. East Asia -Natural geographical isolation -Silk road developed -Grand canal developed naval trade routes -Equal field system 1

4. Americas -Andes mountain trade -Agricultural innovations (Aztec chinampas) -Mass infrastructure 1

5. Africa -Development of swahili coast & west african empires -Natural resources traded -Construction of large cities and mosques 2

6. South Asia & South-East Asia -Geographical separation of north India from south -Monsoons -Polynesian exploration to the americas -Diffusion of food (sweet potato) and technology (fish hooks) 2

7. Arab World -Islamic conquest created greater connections among Afro-eurasia -Spread of resources through trade -Building of infrastructure and cities 2

8. Growth of Trade Trans-Saharan Trade -Islam’s role in diffusion -Caravan crossings -increased trade of salt, gold, & ivory -Mansa Musa -hajj -Brought: -power to local kings -unity 3

9. Growth of Trade Indian Ocean -Bulk/ Commercial Trade -Unrivaled in volume of trade -Highest level of interaction between cultures -Closely tied to environment -developed Swahili Coastal City states -no single-state domination Silk Routes -luxury items -diffused gun-powder, paper making, and disease -Mongols reinvigorated routes -safety and security -no disturbance of trade (yassa) -Connected China to rest of world 3

10. Interactions between cultures Missionary outreach of Religion -Mansa Musa Hajj -Islamic spread -Trade in West Africa -Conquest in Anatolia -Conquest and Trade (Sufi Mysitque) in India -Conquest in Western Europe 3

11. Interaction between cultures Contacts between Religions -Islam and Buddhism -Indian Ocean and Silk Road Trade -Islam and Christianity -Crusades and tensions between religion -Islam and Hinduism -Contact through the Mughal Empire -Sikhism 4

12. Interactions between cultures Impacts of The mongols -Made Silk road trade safer -Increased prevalence of siege warfare -Changed Culture of Conquered Areas -Improved Gender relations throughout the area -no imposed religion along the conquered area -promoted diplomatic relations for years to come -New Dynasty -Manchu Dynasty (Kublai Khan) -Silk Roads and Disease 4

13. Interactions between cultures -Founded by from the Eastern Roman Empire -Justinian Law Code -Brought christianinty into the civil law code -Threatened by Islamic Conquest -Caliphates take Constaintanople -Trade Dependency -Kievian Rus -Caesaropapism-vesting politics and religion 1

14. State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict ● Trade Centers: Constantinople, Changan ● Swahili Coastal City-States ● Feudalism ● Creation of Knights and Samurai ● Honor and fear of shame held the system together ● Serfs in Western Europe 4

15. Significant Terms Arab Caliphates- Ibn Battuta Syncretism Feudalism Manoralism Crusades Vikings Mongols Indian Ocean Trade Papacy Neoconfucianism Civil Service Exam Sinification

16. Characteristics of the post classical world ★ Asia Mongols Maritime trade Sinification ★ Americas Inca, Aztec, & Mayan Human sacrifice Africa ★ Mongols Mansa Musa Trade centers Europe ★ Mongols Religious Rivalry Church & State

17. Periodization Review ● Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage ● M O N G O L S ● Increased merchant activity ● Spread of Islam ● Increased silk road trade ● Development of Africa