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Unit III Mashup
600-1450
Unit topics
1.	The Rise and Influence of Islam
2.	Byzantine Civilization
3.	China’s Recovery and Influence
4.	Western Europe
5.	Mongols and Nomads
6.	Sub-Saharan Africa
7.	The Americas
8.	Trade and Cross-Cultural Interaction 

The Rise and Influence of Islam
New forms of governance: caliphates (3.2.I.B.)
Synthesized local and borrowed traditions: Abbasids and Persian influences (3.2.I.C.)
Muslim Caliphates facilitate trade: sharia, Islamic legal system, protection of merchants (3.1.I.E.)
Migration of Arabs and Berbers across Africa (3.1.II.A.)
Spread of Arab language (3.1.II.C.)
Islamic merchant communities (3.1.III.A.)
Diffusion of science: Greek and Hindu concepts in Abbasid Baghdad (3.1.III.E.)
Spread of Islam in Iberia: architecture of Cordova (3.1.III.E.)
Spread of crops across the Dar al Islam (3.1.IV.A.)
Diasporic communities: Muslims in Indian Ocean, Jews in Alexandria and Cairo (3.1.I.B.)
Islam and gender: influence of Persia and Battuta’s observations in Africa (3.2.I.C.) and (3.3.III.C. and D.)
Byzantine Civilization
New forms of state: Caesaropapism (3.2.I.A.)
Innovation of continuity and innovations in forms of state: Roman Law, Code of Justinian (3.2.I.A.)
Byzantine Empire facilitates trade: Constantinople, Code of Justinian (3.1.I.A. and E.)
Labor organization: theme system (3.3.III.A.)
Rise of Kiev and Novgorod (3.1.I.A.)

China’s Recovery and Influence
Sui China
     State practices facilitating trade: the Grand Canal (3.1.I.D.)
Tang China
     Interaction of continuity and innovations in forms of state: civil service exam, new taxation (3.2.I.A.)
     Interregional trade in luxury goods: silk and porcelain (3.1.I.C.)
     Tang/Song China facilitates trans-eurasian trade (3.1.I.E.)
     Spread of Buddhism to Japan (3.1.III.D.)
     Diffusion of new crops: champa rice from Vietnam to Tang China (3.1.IV.A.)
     Diffusion of agricultural practices: equal field systems to Japan (3.1.IV.A.)
     Synthesized local and borrowed traditions: Japan, Taika Reforms (3.2.I.C.)
     Revolt of free peasants (3.3.III.C.)
Song China
     Artisans increase production of luxury goods for export (3.3.I.C.)
     Intense urbanization (3.3.II.B.)
     Role of cities in trade: Xian (3.1.I.A.)
     Neo-Confucianism and gender (3.3.III.D.)
     Labor organization: conscription of peasants (3.3.III.A.)

Western Europe
New forms of governance: decentralized feudalism, divine right of kings (3.2.II.B.)
Technological innovation stimulates agricultural production (3.2.I.A.)
Technological and cultural transfers: Crusades (3.2.II.)
Urbanization expands and contracts (3.3.II.A. and B.)
Labor organization: serfs, guilds and craft production (3.3.III.A.)
Trading organizations facilitate trade: Hanseatic League (3.1.I.D.)
New forms of governance: city-states in Italy (3.2.II.B.) (3.1.I.A.)
Christianity and gender (3.3.III.D.)

Mongols and Nomads
Innovations in States: Mongol political system (3.2.I.A.)
Organization of labor: nomadic pastoralism (3.3.III.A.) 
Spread of printing and gunpowder technologies (3.1.III.E.)

Sub-Saharan Africa
Migrations and their impact: Bantus (3.1.II.B. and C.)
Spread of Islam to Sub-Saharan Africa: Political and economic effects (3.1.III.D.)
New forms of governance: Ghana and Mali empires (3.2.I.B.)
Role of cities: Timbuktu (3.1.I.A.)

The Americas
New forms of governance: Incan and Aztec political systems (3.2.I.B.)
The role of cities in the Americas (3.2.I.B.)
Mesoamerican trade routes (3.1.I.B.)
Technological innovation stimulates agricultural production: chinampas and terracing  (3.2.I.A.)
New forms of labor: mita system of Incas (3.3.III.C.)

Trade and Cross-Cultural Interaction 
Silk road trade   
     Mongols reconnect Silk Road trade (3.1.I.E.)  
     More sophisticated trade organization: caravanserai (3.1.I.C.)
     Bills of exchange (3.1.I.C.)
     Spread of disease: Black Death to Europe (3.1.IV.B.)
     Use of state produced currency (3.1.I.D.)
     spread of gunpowder technology (3.1.III.E.) 
Indian Ocean trade 
     Islam catalyst for trade in Indian Ocean (3.1.I.E)
     improved technologies: compass, astrolabe, ships (3.1.I.C.)
     New forms of governance: city-states in east Africa (3.2.II.B.)
     Some cities grew, some declined: Malacca, Kilwa (3.3.II.C.)
     Diffusion of religion in Southeast Asia (3.1.III.D.)
Two travelers: Polo and Battuta (3.1.III.C.)
Polynesian migrations (3.1.II.B.)