1. PERIOD 3: REGIONAL & TRANS- REGIONAL INTERACTIONS Key Concept 3.1: Expansion & Intensification of Communication & Exchange Network

2. I. Improved transportation led to increasing and expanded trade A. Existing trade routes flourished & promoted growth of new trading cities What are some of those existing trade route? The Silk Roads (Routes) The Mediterranean Sea The Indian Ocean Basin Trans-Saharan

3. Silk Routes

4. Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Basin

5. New Trading Cities Emerge

6. State practices, trading organizations, and state-sponsored infrastructures ALL led to commercial growth. Minting of coins and the use of paper money Hanseatic League Grand-canal in China

7. Innovation was sparked by desire for luxury goods. Caravanserais Camel saddle Larger ships Compass & astrolabe Bills of exchange, credit, checking Creation of banking houses Creation of banking houses

8. Expansion of Empires encouraged trans- Eurasian trade Byzantine Empire Tang & Song --- MONGOLS! Islamic Caliphates Mongols

9. Byzantine Empire

10. Movement caused environmental & linguistic effects Spread of Bantu language Spread of Turkish & Arabic The maritime migrations of the Polynesian peoples who cultivated transplanted foods and domesticated animals as they moved to new islands

11. Cross-cultural exchange fostered or created networks of trade & communication Islam created merger of ideas & interaction Diasporic communities include: Muslims in IOB Jews throughout known world

12. Interregional travelers illustrate extent & limits of intercultural understanding

14. Diffusion of literary, artistic, & cultural traditions NeoConfucian & Buddhism spread through Southeast Asia NeoConfucian Islam in sub-Sahara Africa & Southeast Asia

15. Diffusion of scientific & technological traditions Greek & Indian mathematics on Muslim scholars Preservation of Greek science & philosophy by Muslims Spread of printing techniques & gunpowder into Islamic empires and Western Europegunpowder

16. Diffusion of crops & pathogens throughout Eastern Hemisphere followed trade routes New foods & agricultural techniques were adopted Trade & military conquest made the spread of the Black Death easier and more devastating What led to the spread of the Bubonic Plague (AKA: The Black Death)?Bubonic Plague

17. PERIOD 3: REGIONAL & TRANS- REGIONAL INTERACTIONS Key Concept 3.2: Continuity & Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions

18. I. Empires collapsed & reconstituted; in some regions new state forms emerged Key states which were reconstituted include: Byzantine Empire Justinian’s Code Theme system Caesaropapism Tang & Song Revival of Confucian ideals Patriarchy Tributary states

19. I. Empires collapsed & reconstituted; in some regions new state forms emerged New forms of government emerged: Islamic Caliphates Umayyad Abbasid Mongol Khanates Unified under Genghis Khan Horses, archery, ruthless, but… Cosmopolitan & extremely diverse Decentralized government created powerful city-states feudal systems in Western Europe & Japan

20. Some states synthesized & borrowed traditions Japanese “Kentoshi” ( 遣唐 使 / “envoy”) ship to Tang China, circa 630 C.E.

21. Interregional contacts & conflicts encouraged technological and cultural transfers Tang China & the Abbasids Battle of Talas (751 CE) Ends Tang advances Paper Making Across the Mongol Empires Math & Astronomy Geography & Cartography Spices & Cuisine Gunpowder The Crusades

22. PERIOD 3: REGIONAL & TRANS- REGIONAL INTERACTIONS Key Concept 3.3: Increased Economic Productive Capacity & Its Consequences

23. Innovations stimulated agricultural & industrial production Agricultural production was boosted by technology Horse collar, iron plows, & crop rotation Champa Rice Chinampa field system Cities faced decline & revival Invasions Disease Decline in agricultural production The Little Ice Age

24. Multiple factors led to the revival of cities End of invasions Safe & reliable transport Warmer temperatures between 800 & 1300 C.E. Increased agricultural production & rising population Increased availability of labor

25. Transitions to labor management & the effect of religious conversion on gender relations & family Labor organization Risk-taking and the Rise of the Middle Class Free peasants & wage economy Peasant revolts in Europe & China Coerced labor Mi’ta in Inca Empire Religion, Gender, & Family Conversion Patriarchy Family structure undergoes changes

26. That’s a lot of information! This is why you read. My overview should only clarify the concepts you’ve already explored. Exam will be at LEAST 35 questions Could be more Could be some from past exams