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AP World History
Unit 3
600-1450 CE
Student name
600.–1450 CE Unit 3
1. Questions of periodization
A. Nature and causes of changes in the world history framework leading up to 600 C.E. – 1450 as a period B. Emergence of new empires and political systems C. Continuities and breaks within the period (e.g., the impact of the Mongols on international contacts and on specific societies)
The Islamic world A. The rise and role of Dar al-Islam as a unifying cultural and economic force in Eurasia and Africa B. Islamic political structures, notably the caliphate C. Arts, sciences, and technologies
Interregional networks and contacts: Development and shifts in interregional trade, technology, and cultural exchange A. Trans-Sahara trade B. Indian Ocean trade C. Silk routes D. Missionary outreach of major religions E. Contacts between major religions, e.g., Islam and Buddhism, Christianity and Islam F. Impact of the Mongol empires
China's internal and external expansion A. The importance of the Tang and Song economic revolutions and the initiatives of the early Ming dynasty B. Chinese influence on surrounding areas and its limits
Developments in Europe A. Restructuring of European economic, social, and political institutions B. The division of Christendom into eastern and western Christian cultures
Social, cultural, economic, and political patterns in the Amerindian world A. Maya, Aztec, Inca
Demographic and environmental changes A. Impact of nomadic migrations on Afro-Eurasia and the Americas (e.g., Aztecs, Mongols, Turks, Vikings, and Arabs) B. Migration of agricultural peoples (e.g., Bantu migrations, European peoples to east/central Europe) C. Consequences of plague pandemics in the fourteenth century D. Growth and role of cities
Diverse interpretations A. What are the issues involved in using cultural areas rather than states as units of analysis? B. What are the sources of change: nomadic migrations versus urban growth? C. Was there a world economic network in this period? D. Were there common patterns in the new opportunities available to and constraints placed on elite women in this period?
Major Comparisons and Snapshots
• Japanese and European feudalism
• Developments in political and social institutions in both eastern and western Europe
• Compare the role and function of cities in major societies
• Compare Islam and Christianity
• Gender systems and changes, such as the impact of Islam
• Aztec Empire and Inca Empire
• Compare European and sub-Saharan African contacts with the Islamic world
Examples of What You Need to Know
• Arab caliphate, but not the transition from Umayyad to 'Abbasid
• Mamluks, but not Almohads • Feudalism, but not specific feudal monarchs such as Richard I
• Manorialism, but not the three-field system
• Crusading movement and its impact, but not specific crusades
• Viking exploration, expansion, and impact, but not individual explorers
• Mongol expansion and its impact, but not details of specific khanates
• Papacy, but not particular popes
• Indian Ocean trading patterns, but not Gujarati merchants
Period 3: Regional and Transregional Interactions, c. 600 to c. 1450 CE
Key Concept 3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks
1. How did trade networks in the post-Classical Era compare to the Classical Era?
2. What new technologies, governmental policies, and merchant activities accompanied these developments?
3. What role did pastoral and nomadic groups play in these trade networks?
4. How did the physical size of post-Classical trade networks compare to the previous era?
5. What Classical era trade networks continued during the post-classical era, and which new cities were added
during the post-Classical era?
6. What new technologies enabled the growth of inter-regional trade networks?
7. What factors encouraged commercial growth in the post-classical era?
8. How did trans-Eurasian trade as a whole develop during the post-Classical era?
9. What were the effect of migration in the post-classical era?
10. What basic understandings of environment and technology did post-classical traders need to conduct their
business?
11. What were the environmental effects of migration in the post-classical era?
12. What were the linguistic effects of migration in the post-classical era?
13. How did trade networks as a whole develop in the post-classical era?
14. Why and where did Muslim trade networks change in the post-classical era?
15. What institutions did merchants create to foster both trade and cultural diffusion in the post-classical era?
16. How well did post-classical societies know and understand each other?
17. How did post-classical trade affect the diffusion of literary, artistic, and cultural traditions?
18. How did post-classical trade affect the diffusion of scientific and technological traditions?
19. What were the biological effects of post-classical trade?
20. What new foods, crops, and agricultural practices diffused in the post-classical era?
21. What diseases and pathogens also spread via post-classical trade networks?
Key Concept 3.2 Continuity & Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions
22. How did state formations develop in the post-classical era?
23. How did post-classical states avoid the mistakes of classical empires in the regions where they collapsed?
24. What new forms of governance emerged in the post-classical era?
25. How & where did governmental diffusion occur in the post-classical era?
26. How did states in the Americas develop in the post-classical era?
27. What technological and cultural exchanges did states encourage in the post-classical era?
Key Concept 3.3 Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences
28. What were the overall worldwide economic trends in the post-classical era?
29. What new innovations affected agriculture in the post-classical era?
30. How and why did crops migrate during the post-classical era?
31. How did textile and porcelain production develop in the post-classical era?
32. Why did some post-classical urban areas decline?
33. Why did some post-classical urban areas prosper and grow?
34. What roles did cities play in their societies during the post-classical era?
35. How did social and labor systems develop during the post-classical era?
36. What pre-existing labor systems continued through the post-classical era?
37. How did social and gender hierarchies develop in the post-classical era?
38. What new labor forms developed in the post-classical era?
39. Who did some gender roles and family structures change in the post-classical era?
AP Must Know Arts/Architecture Period 3
What is this?
What society is this from and where is that society located? What does it represent?
When was it created?
What is this?
What society is this from and where is that society located?
What does it represent?
When was it created?
What is this?
What society is this from and where is that society located?
What does it represent?
When was it created?
What is this?
What society is this from and where is that society located?
What does it represent?
When was it created?
Must Know People Unit 3 Justinian:
Muhammad:
Genghis (Chinggis) Khan:
Kubilai Khan:
Marco Polo:
Ibn Battuta:
Saladin:
Mansa Musa:
Zheng He:
Charlemagne:
Pope Gregory VII:
Erasmus:
Must Know Societies:
A. Sassanid H. Ghana
B. Sui I. China Mali
C. Tang China J. Delhi Sultanate
D. Song China K. Kievan Russia
E. Ming China L. Il-Khanate (Mongol)
F. Yuan (Mongols) China M. Golden Horde (Mongol)
G. Chagatai (Timurids)
SPICE Model: Social, Political, Interaction w/ Enviro, Culture, Economics
NATION-STATE Social: Political: Interaction/Tech: Culture: Economic: Other:
Sui China
Tang China
Song China
NATION-STATE Social: Political: Interaction/Tech: Culture: Economic: Other:
Yuan China (Mongols)
Ming China
Kievan Russia
NATION-STATE Social: Political: Interaction/Tech: Culture: Economic: Other:
Ghana
Mali
Delhi Sultanate
Swahili City-States
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