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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.)

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