Unit Three: 600 to 1450

Remember the acronymFeudalismIslamNomadic EmpireAsian dominanceNew World EmpireCrusadesEuropean recoverySyncretism

and the song.UNIT THREEFeudalism, Rise of IslamGreat Schism, Crusades tooMansa Musa, Ghana;Turks, Vikings, and Mongols;Chinese rule, Unit Three

Centralized EmpiresChinaTang Dynasty (618 to 908)Song Dynasty (960 to 1279)Yuan Dynasty (1279 to 1368)Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644)Islamic CaliphatesUmayyad Caliphate (661)Abbasid CaliphateByzantine Empire (4th c. to 1453)AfricaKingdom of Ghana (500 to 1200)Kingdom of Mali (1235 to 1400s)South America: Inca (1400 to 1540)

Decentralized StatesWestern EuropeEarly Middle Ages (500 to 1000)High Middle Ages (1000 to 1450) sees increased political powerJapan (600 to 1000)East African City-States (900 to 1500)Delhi Sultanate (1200 to 1500s)The Americas: Maya, Aztec

Centralized EmpiresChinaTang 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, footbindingINNOVATIONS: 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 Hes voyages), turn inward

Other areas of East and Southeast AsiaSrivijaya and MajapahitSrivijaya: 8th c. trading society (primarily spices) on island of Sumatra; conquered by Chola in 1025Majapahit 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

AngkorKhmer 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

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