The World 600 1300世界1300 600.pptVIP

The World: 600 -1450 Expanding Communities Demographic and Environmental Changes Nomadic Migrations Vikings Turks Aztecs Mongols Arabs Predict the impact of these movements. Demographic and Environmental Changes Migration of Agricultural Peoples Bantu migrations Europeans to Eastern and Central Europe Consequences of Disease For ex. Black Plague 1348 Growth and Role of Cities Urbanization How much of this demonstrates continuity? Inter-regional networks and Contacts Mediterranean trade circuit Silk Routes Indian Ocean Trans-Saharan Trade Trans-American circuits Religious connections: missionaries, inter-religious contact Impact of Mongols Mediterranean Circuits Silk Routes Indian Ocean Trans-Saharan Trade Trans-American trade Religious Connections Impact of Mongols: Blessing or a Curse China: Internal and External Expansion Tang Dynasty Technological innovations: compass, paper, gunpowder etc. Influence on Japan Footbinding, Neo-Confucianism Song Dynasty All the makings of an industrial revolution Early Ming Zheng He voyages, eunochs and nomadic threats Islamic World: Dar al-Islam Expanding cultural, economic and political influence Al-Andalus/ Islamic Spain North and West Africa Indian Ocean: East Africa, India, SE Asia Technological accomplishments: astrolabe, algebra, philosophy, cartography… Al-Andalus Islamic World: Sample Comparisons Compare Islam to Christianity Compare Islamic contacts with Europe and with Africa Crusades- points of view compared Compare gender changes Compare support/ patronage of arts and sciences Europe Break in eastern and Western Christendom: political significance? Religious schisms compared: Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholicism Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism Sunni/ Shiite in Islam Europe Restructuring of institutions Role of religion: Papacy, Crusades, architecture and education Development of feudalism Comparison of feudalism in Europe and Japan Increasing importance of monarchy over church Amer-Indian World Migrations o