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Unit Three: 600 to 1450. Remember the acronym…. F eudalism I slam N omadic Empire A sian dominance N ew World Empire C rusades E uropean recovery S yncretism. …and the song. UNIT THREE Feudalism, Rise of Islam Great Schism, Crusades too Mansa Musa, Ghana;
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Remember the acronym… • Feudalism • Islam • Nomadic Empire • Asian dominance • New World Empire • Crusades • European recovery • Syncretism
…and the song. UNIT THREE Feudalism, Rise of Islam Great Schism, Crusades too Mansa Musa, Ghana; Turks, Vikings, and Mongols; Chinese rule, Unit Three
Centralized Empires • China • Tang Dynasty (618 to 908) • Song Dynasty (960 to 1279) • Yuan Dynasty (1279 to 1368) • Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) • Islamic Caliphates • Umayyad Caliphate (661) • Abbasid Caliphate • Byzantine Empire (4th c. to 1453) • Africa • Kingdom of Ghana (500 to 1200) • Kingdom of Mali (1235 to 1400s) • South America: Inca (1400 to 1540)
Decentralized States • Western Europe • Early Middle Ages (500 to 1000) • High Middle Ages (1000 to 1450) sees increased political power • Japan (600 to 1000) • East African City-States (900 to 1500) • Delhi Sultanate (1200 to 1500s) • The Americas: Maya, Aztec
Centralized Empires • China • Tang Dynasty (618 to 908) • Civil service exam, Grand Canal, scholars valued, religious toleration until anti-Buddhist backlash, Changan, taxes and rebellion returns to regional rule
Song Dynasty (960 to 1279) • Tribute system, scholar army ineffective – inflation – northern invasion weakens = Southern Song, Economic Revolution, footbinding • INNOVATIONS: paper money and flying cash, printing press with movable type, gunpowder, magnetic compass, Neo-Confucianism
Yuan Dynasty (1279 to 1368) • Mongol dynasty under Kublai Khan, no civil service exam, foreigners in gov, diff laws for native Chinese, merchants welcomed, “pony express”, Marco Polo
Ming “Bright” Dynasty (1368 to 1644) • Confucian education and civil service reinstated, Jesuit missionaries, Emperor Yongle (Forbidden City, Encyclopedia, Zheng He’s voyages), turn inward
Other areas of East and Southeast Asia • Srivijaya and Majapahit • Srivijaya: 8th c. trading society (primarily spices) on island of Sumatra; conquered by Chola in 1025 • Majapahit on island of Java rose after Srivijaya in 13th c. • Korea and Koryo Dynasty (900s) • Previous dynasties closely tied to Tang; Koryo still copied civil service and bureaucracy; Zen and Tendai Buddhism; slavery important; Mongols conquered; when Mongols overthrown by Ming, Koryo overthrown by Yi dynasty
Angkor • Khmer kingdom (today Cambodia) rose in 9th c. and powerful until 16th c.; Angkor Wat built from 1113 to 1150 and portrays Hindu mythology; Thai destroyed capitol of Ankor Thom in 1432