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Unit 3 Intro: The Post
Classical Era
500-1000
Byzantium 330-1453
• Byzantine: Long-lasting empire centered at Constantinople; it
grew out of the end of the Roman empire and carried legacy of
Roman greatness and was the only classical society to survive
into the early modern age; it reached its early peak during the
reign of Justinian (483--565).
• Constantinople: Capital of the Byzantine empire and a cultural
and economic center.
• Eastern Orthodox Christianity: Eastern branch of Christianity
that evolved following the division of the Roman Empire and the
subsequent development of the Byzantine Empire in the east
and the medieval European society in the west. The church
recognized the primacy of the patriarch of Constantinople.
• Corpus iuris civilis: Body of the Civil Law, the Byzantine
emperor Justinian's attempt to codify all Roman law.
Byzantium Empire, 527-554
Byzantine Empire, 1100
The Expansive Realm of Islam
570-1198
• Islam: Monotheistic religion of the prophet Muhammad (570632); influenced by Judaism and Christianity, Muhammad was
considered the final prophet because the earlier religions had
not seen the entire picture; the Qu'ran is the holy book of Islam.
• Umayyad: Arabic dynasty (661-750), with its capital at
Damascus, that was marked by a tremendous period of
expansion to Spain in the west and India in the east.
• Abbasid: Cosmopolitan Arabic dynasty (750-1258) that
replaced the Umayyads; founded by Abu al-Abbas and
reaching its peak under Harun al-Rashid.
• Sunni: "Traditionalists," the most popular branch of Islam;
Sunnis believe in the legitimacy of the early caliphs, compared
to the Shiite belief that only a descendent of Ali can lead.
• Shia: Islamic minority in opposition to the Sunni majority; their
belief is that leadership should reside in the line descended
from Ali.
The Expansion of Islam, 632-733
The Resurgence of Empire in East
Asia: 589-1333
• Sui: Dynasty (589-618) that constructed Grand Canal, reunified
China, and allowed for the splendor of the Tang dynasty that
followed.
• Tang Taizong: Chinese emperor (r. 627-649) who founded the
Tang dynasty (618-907).
• Song: Chinese dynasty (960-1279) that was marked by an
increasingly urbanized and cosmopolitan society.
• Nara era: Japanese period (710-794), centered around city of
Nara, that was the highest point of Chinese influence.
• Heian: Japanese period (794-1185), a brilliant cultural era
notable for the world's first novel, Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale
of Genji.
• Shintoism: Indigenous Japanese religion that emphasizes
purity, clan loyalty, and the divinity of the emperor.
Sui and Tang dynasties, 589-907 C.E.
Song Dynasty 960-1279
Angkor, Singosari, and
Majapahit, 889-1520 C.E.
Chola, 850-1267
Vijayanagar, 1336-1565
Funan and Srivijaya, 100-1025 C.E.
India & the Indian Ocean Basin:
600-1600
• Funan: An empire spanning the first to the sixth century C.E. in
present-day Cambodia and Vietnam that adopted Sanskrit as
its official language.
• Srivijaya: Southeast Asian kingdom (670-1025), based on the
island of Sumatra, that used a powerful navy to dominate trade.
• Chola: Southern Indian Hindu kingdom (850-1267), a tightly
centralized state that dominated sea trade.
• Angkor: Southeast Asian Khmer kingdom (889-1432) that was
centered around the temple cities of Angkor Thom and Angkor
Wat.
• Sultanate of Delhi: Islamic state in northern India established
by Mahmud's successors in 1206 C.E. that began to establish
the presence of Islam on the Indian subcontinent.
• Vijayanagar: Southern Indian kingdom (1336-1565) that later
fell to the Mughals.
Early states of southeast Asia:
Funan and Srivijaya, 100-1025 C.E.
• Major states of
postclassical India, 6001600 C.E.
Later states of southeast
Asia: Angkor, Singosari, and
Majapahit, 889-1520 C.E.
Trading world of the Indian
Ocean basin, 600-1600 C.E.
The Foundations of Christian Society in
Western Europe, 476-962
• Franks: Germanic people who controlled Gaul following Roman
decline and collapse (476).
• Clovis: (r.481-511) Leader of the Franks whose conversion to
Roman Christianity resulted in the Frankish conversion to
Christianity.
• Carolingian Empire: (751-843) Royal clan established by
Charlemagne, who expanded the Carolingian Empire into
Spain, Bavaria, and Northern Italy.
• Holy Roman Empire: Central and western European kingdom
created at the Treaty of Verdun in in 843 and lasting until 1806.
• Benefice: Grant from a lord to a vassal, usually consisting of
land, which supported the vassal and signified the relationship
between the two.
• Manor: Large estates of the nobles during the European middle
ages, home for the majority of the peasants.
Successor states to the
Roman empire, ca 600 C.E.
Carolingian
empire, 814 C.E.
Dissolution of the Carolingian
empire and the invasions of the
early medieval Europe in the ninth
and tenth centuries.