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Unit 3: Regional and Transregional Interactions (600-1450 CE)
Key Concepts
3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks
3.2 Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and their Interactions
3.3 Increased Economic Productive Capacity and its Consequences
Where is _______?
Empires and Major
States
Trade Routes and
Travelers
Spread of Religions
Trade Cities
Label
China (Sui, Tang, Song), Byzantines, Islamic Caliphates (Umayyad and Abbasid), Vikings, Franks, Swahili
city-states, Delhi Sultanate, Italian city-states, Japan, West African kingdoms (Mali, Ghana, Songhay)
Eurasian Silk Roads, Trans-Saharan caravan routes, Indian Ocean sea lanes, Mediterranean Sea,
Mesoamerica and Andes
Islam, Buddhism, Christianity
Novgorod, Timbuktu, Hangzhou, Calicut, Baghdad, Malacca, Venice
Thematic Questions
1. How did trade affect migratory patterns? How did the movement of people to urban areas impact everyday
life (disease, water usage, etc.)? How did people use the environment to help them move throughout the
globe?
2. How did the development of Islam unify and divide people? How did trade help the diffusion of technology
and art to various regions? How did different regions adapt and change religion to fit their needs? Compare
how religions/belief systems organized society.
3. How did government structures deal with, use, and adapt religion to control their populations? How did
empires continue to prove their legitimacy to their subjects, especially newly-conquered peoples? Compare
how different peoples organized their government structures.
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4. How did labor systems change and remain the same during this time period? How did trade facilitate this?
How did trade interactions during this time change and remain the same? Who was interacting with whom,
and why?
5. How did new religions and the diffusion of religion impact social and gender structures? How did existing
religions change in this aspect?
Powerpoints to Review:
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Global Trade Networks Part I
Islam and Islamic Expansion
The Byzantine Empire, Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Kievan Rus
Western Europe and the Roman Catholic Church
Tang and Song China and Medieval Japan
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Got Questions?
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Relevant Crash Course Videos
13-16, 18, 20
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Helpful Resources (Websites, etc.)
http://www.freeman-pedia.com/early-modern-600-ce-to-1450-ce/
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/tps/600ce.htm
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Maps/Maps3HistoryMiddle.htm
http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/265Read.html
Specifics You Need to Know
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Key Figures
Muhammad
Charlemagne
Mansa Musa
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Architecture/Art
Great Zimbabwe
Christ Pantokrator
Alhambra
Notre Dame de Paris
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Literature/Documents
Edict on Buddhism
Quran
Arabian Nights (1001 Nights)
Charter of Fealty
Epic of Sundiata
Technological Developments
 Champa rice
 Gunpowder
 Horse collar and threefield system
 Printing
 Ships and maritime
technology
Timeline
600 CE
1450 CE