APWH Period 1. 1200-1450

Post Classical APWH Cram Chart

Feudalism lasted for how many years?

1000

What is Feudalism and where was it found.

Loyalty for protection. Japan, Russia, Europe.

What is Patriarchy(1200-1450) and where was it found?

Ruling by men. China, monarchy, Roman Catholic Church

Old world slavery

Not racial and not permanent

New world slavery

racial and permanent

Abolitionism

philosophy attempted to end slavery

Slavery ended because

Industrial Revolution

Hinduism

Oldest of the 5 world religions

Origins in India

Caste system

Confucianism & The 5 Principals

Factor in the flourishing of Song China

Justified their rule over the people


1. Ruler above subject (Employee - Employer)
2. Father above son
3. Husband over wife
4. Older brother over younger brother
5. Older friend over younger friend

Filial piety & Veneration of ancestors (within Confucianism)

Respect of one’s parents, elders, and ancestors

Feudalism 4 levels

(top)


1. King or Monarch
2. Nobles or lords
3. Knight
4. Peasants or serfs

(bottom)

Caste System

Social class that you are born into and can not move in

Song Dynasty (960-1279)

China

Paper money, gunpowder, compass, navy

Flourishing during this period compared to Delhi Sultanate (India)

The Vinegar Tasters

Famous Chinese painting

Shows syncretism in China between Taoism (Daoism), Confucianism, and Buddhism.

“The Four Great Inventions”

China

Compass, gunpowder, paper, printing

The concept of credit

Relates to the Song Dynasty with paper money

Used by the Medici family to fund the Renaissance

Buddhism

Emerged in India, spread throughout Asia

Four Noble Truths:


1. To live is to surfer
2. Suffering comes from attachment
3. To become happy you must free yourself from attachment
4. Reach Nirvana (personal contentment) by following the Eight-Fold Path

Ying Yang

Symbol for Taoism (Daoism)

Represents duality

Islam

Most recant of the 5 world religions

The Five Pillars:


1. Declaration of Faith, belief in Allah and his messenger (Shahada)
2. Prayer, 5 times a day (Salat)
3. Fasting, during Ramadan (Sawm)
4. Almsgiving, giving to the poor (Zakat)
5. Pilgrimage, to Makkah (Hajj)

United under a shared belief and language

The four world zones prior to Columbus

One being the most important

Afro Eurasia - the most important

Austrasia

Pacific

The Americas

Astrolabe

worlds first computer

Yuan (1279-1368)

Mongols

Marco Polo observing china

Marco Polo

Wrote “The Travels of Marco Polo”

Introduced the west to the east

Diaspora & examples (of groups)

Leaving your home (push or pull) but keeping your culture.

African Americans, Jewish, Irish

Champa Rice

Very hard to grow

Increased government in Asia

Black Death (Bubonic Plague)

1347

Fleas, Rats, Bacteria

Killed 1/3 of Europe

Strengthened immune systems and increased wages

The Camel

Used in trading routs like %%Silk Road and Trans-Saharan trade network%%

Vital to trade like trucks

Trading Centers

Novgorod (Russia), Bagdad (Iraq), Melaka (Malaysia), Venice

Byzantines

Started after Rome

Civil law (money) and Justinian's code

The Great Schism, The Byzantines (Orthodox Christianity) VS Roman (Catholic)

Swahili

East Africa

%%Indian Ocean Trade route%%

Mali

West Africa

%%Trans-Saharan Trade route%%, gold, salt

Constantinople

Capital of the Byzantines

Turned to Istanbul in 1453 marking the rise of Islam and goodbye to Christianity (Ottoman empire)

Mansa Musa

Ruler of Mali

Wealthiest man alive due to the %%Trans-Saharan Trade route%%

Trans-Saharan Trade route

Gold and Salt trade

Mali, Songhai, Ghana (Western Africa)

Delhi Sultanate

India

1206-1526

5 distinct dynasties

Not very successful due to tension between Islam (Muslim Turks) and Hinduism (India)

Dying during this period compared to Song Dynasty

Inca

Mesoamerica, South America

Invented roads through mountains

Aztec

Mesoamerica, Mexico

Huge Empire by remote ruling

Very powerful military, fighting people

How was Mesoamerica ended

Smallpox

Conversionist Religions

Religions that send out missioners to convert people

* Christianity
* Islam
* Buddhism