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Unit 3: Post-Classical Age

Unit 3: Post-Classical Age. 600 C.E. – 1450 C.E. . Tabs. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks 3.2 State Forms & Interactions 3.3 Increased Productive Capacity & Its Consequences . 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks.

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Unit 3: Post-Classical Age

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  1. Unit 3: Post-Classical Age 600 C.E. – 1450 C.E.

  2. Tabs • 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks • 3.2 State Forms & Interactions • 3.3 Increased Productive Capacity & Its Consequences

  3. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks • Improved transportation technology & commercial practice increased volume of trade; expanded geographic range of existing and newly-active trade networks. A. Existing trade flourished • Silk Road • Mediterranean • Indian Ocean • Trans-Sahara

  4. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks B. The growth of interregional trade dependent on new technology, including more sophisticated caravan organization; use of the compass, astrolabe, and larger ship designs in sea travel; and new forms of credit and monetization. C. Commercial growth: state practices, trading organizations, and state-sponsored commercial infrastructures(Grand Canal, China) • Coins, paper money • Hanseatic League

  5. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks E. The expansion of empires facilitated Trans-Eurasian trade and communication as new peoples were drawn into their conquerors' economies and trade networks. • China (Tang, Song, Yuan) • Byzantine Empire • Muslim Caliphates (Abbasid, Umayyad) • Mongol

  6. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks II. Migration = linguistic & environmental effects • Deforestation; soil erosion; flooding • Migration Bantu-speaking peoples transmit iron & agricultural techniques in Sub-Saharan Africa • Polynesians cultivate plants & domesticate animals as they move to new islands • Spread of Bantu and Swahili language

  7. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks III. Cross-cultural exchange intensified new networks of trade & communication • Islam develops in Arabian peninsula • Muslim rule expands to Afro-Eurasia • Islam spread through missionaries & merchants • Cultural diffusion w/ diasporic communities • Writings of travelers illustrate intercultural knowledge • Ibn Battuta & Marco Polo

  8. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks B. Cultural Diffusion through trade & interaction • Neoconfucianism & Buddhism in E. Asia • Ancient Greek & Indian text on Muslim scholars • Spread of printing & Gunpowder from E. Asia • Spread of new foods & disease (Black Death)

  9. 3.2 State Forms & Interactions • Empires collapsed; new states emerged • Byzantine Empire; Sui,Tang, Song (China) • Mongol Khanates • Feudalism (Europe & Japan) • Abbasid & Umayyad Caliphates • China influenced surrounding states • Technology & Cultural Transfer • Crusades • Mongol Empire

  10. 3.3 Increased Productive Capacity & Its Consequences • Agriculture & Industrial Production • Improved terracing • Chinampa field system • Expanded production of textiles & porcelin • Iron & Steel production expanded • Periods of decline & increased urbanization • Invasion, disease, decline of agriculture production • Safe/reliable transport, rise of commerce

  11. 3.3 Increased Productive Capacity & Its Consequences II. Labor Organization • Guilds • Coerced labor: Serfdom, mita • Largely Patriarchal Societies • Women had more power among Mongols, W. Africa, Japan, &SEAsia. • Diffusion of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam led to change in gender and family structure

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