Period A

1200-1450

State-Building

Actions a government takes to increse its control over people.

• Make Laws

• Support Religion

• Raise Taxes

• Pay army

• Build Infraestructure

• Diplomacy

• NEVER DO TRADE BUT TAXE IT YES

Caliph

Arab leaders after Muhammad who led an Islamic state → Develop ideas and tech.

Abbasids

Caliphate in Syria
Importance: Exchange ideas/knowledge
Trade

(Led to the Mughals in period B)

House of Wisdom

Place in Banghdad (Capital of Abbasids) where thinkers and plilosophers share knowledge (Abasid Emp.) → Develop Faster

Diffusion

Spreead of:

• Ideas

• Religion

• Language

• Goods

• Money

• Disease

Trade Routes

• Silk Roads: China → Europe (Constantinple)

• Indian Ocean: India, E. Africa and Arabia

• Trans-saharan: West Africa → North Af (both ways)

• HANSEATIC LEAGE (german cities-local-short distance-daily goods