Cross Cultural Connections

Cross Cultural Connections:Cross Cultural Connections:What were the changes and What were the changes and

continuities between 600 and 1450?continuities between 600 and 1450?

AP World HistoryAP World History

Richard SmartRichard Smart

Oakland Mills High SchoolOakland Mills High School

Period 2: Key Comparisons and Period 2: Key Comparisons and AnalysesAnalyses

Compare the role and function of cities in major societiesCompare the role and function of cities in major societies Analyze gender systems and changes, such as the Analyze gender systems and changes, such as the

effects of Islameffects of Islam Analyze the interactions between Jews, Christians, and Analyze the interactions between Jews, Christians, and

MuslimsMuslims Compare developments in political and social institutions Compare developments in political and social institutions

in both eastern and western Europein both eastern and western Europe Compare Japanese and European feudalismCompare Japanese and European feudalism Compare European and sub-Saharan African contacts Compare European and sub-Saharan African contacts

with the Islamic worldwith the Islamic world Analyze the Chinese civil service exam system and the Analyze the Chinese civil service exam system and the

rise of meritocracyrise of meritocracy

The World in 700CEThe World in 700CE

Political –•Rise of Islam•Tang Dynasty•Vikings & Carolingians•Decline of Maya

Economic –•Silk Roads•Spread of Agriculture•East African Slave Trade•Bantu Migration•Polynesian Migration

Social –•Islam•Neo-Confucianism•Urbanization•Catholic West Europe•Orthodox East Europe

The World in 1300CEThe World in 1300CE

Political –•Mongol Expansion•Abbasid & Song Collapse •Sultanate of Delhi•Ghana, Mali, Zimbabwe•European kingdoms Social –

•Urbanization•Crusades•Age Grades & Griots•Manorialism•Feudalism

Economics –•Mongol peace•Gunpowder, Compass•Indian Ocean Trade•Trans-Saharan trade•Americas isolated

The World in 1450CEThe World in 1450CE

Economic –•Indian Ocean Trade•Voyages of Exploration•Atlantic Slave Trade•Americas isolated

Social –•Bubonic Plague•Mini Ice Age•Renaissance

Political –•Ming China•Ottoman Empire•Inca & Aztec•European States

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