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CIVILIZATIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES CHINA WEST AFRICA EUROPE THE AMERICAS THE MIDDLE AGES What are they? • Period of time from 500 CE to 1500 CE • 500 CE – end of the Western Roman Empire (Holy Roman Empire) • 1500 CE – end of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization - China • Tang • Song • Yuan • Ming 618 – 906 960 - 1279 1279 - 1368 1368 - 1644 THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization - China Tang • Good government • Scholar Official • Block Printing • Porcelain • Gunpowder - fireworks THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization - China Song • Moveable Type • Paper Money • Roads and Canals • Magnetic Compass • Gunpowder - weapons THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization - China Yuan (Mongols) • Largest empire in history • First foreign rulers – Genghis and Kublai Kahn • Paper money throughout China – the “yuan” • Opened China – Marco Polo • Dadu - Beijing THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization - China Ming • Expanded China – exploration and trade • Zheng He • Forbidden City, Grand Canal, Great Wall • Ming Vases THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization – West Africa • Ghana 300 - 1200 • Mali 1230 – 1460 THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization – West Africa Ghana • Organized into clans • Gold and salt trade • Caravans across the Sahara Desert THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization – West Africa Mali • Sundiata - Timbuktu • Mansa Musa – pilgrimage to Mecca • Increased trade THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization – Europe Feudalism • Political and social system • How the Kingdoms of Europe governed THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization – Europe Feudalism • King – gave land to the wealthy • Noble – protected the king, gave land to knights • Knight – fought for the noble • Serf – peasants who worked the land • Manor – the nobles house and land THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization – The Americas • Mayan 250 - 900 • Aztec 1345 - 1521 • Incan 1400 - 1533 THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization – The Americas Mayan • Mesoamerica – Southern Mexico and Central America • Great cities – Tikal, Palenque • Temples, Pyramids, Ball courts • Steles and codex – form of written language • Number system THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization – The Americas Aztec • Mesoamerica – Southern Mexico and Central America • Tenochtitlan – Mexico City • Chinampas – raised farmland in the lake • Maize – corn • Astronomy, Calendars, Codice (story book) • Conquered by the Spanish (Spain) THE MIDDLE AGES Civilization – The Americas Incan • South America – the Andes • Pachacuti • Cuzco – Machu Pichu • Roads – Chasquis (runners) • Quipu – string counting tool • Conquered by the Spanish (Spain)
