C.E. All You Need to Know

is referred to as the Post- Classical Era. The chapters about this time period cover the Middle East, Europe, South America, Africa, Asia

Maps

Timeline, Wooohooo!

Timeline 500 C.E Muhammad Sui Dynasty 600 C.E Tang Dynasty Ummayad Caliphate 668 Korean Independence 700 C.E. 750 Abbasid Caliphate 777 North African Islamic kingdoms form 800 C.E Charlemagne Empire 900 C.E Song Dynasty Tula established by Toltecs Vladmir I converts to Christianity 1000 C.E Schism between Eastern and Western Christianity 1055 Abbasid caliphate controlled by Seljuk Turks 1066 Feudal monarchy on the rise First Crusade (to Palestine)

Even More Timeline 1100 C.E China invents exploding powder 1150 Toltec Empire declines and ends Kamakura Shogunate 1200 C.E Korea ruled by Mongols 1236 Mongols capture Russia 1258 Baghdad captured by Mongols, Abbasid caliphate ends 1265 First English parliament China ruled by Mongols 1300 C.E. 1320s Europeans use first cannon in war Bubonic plague originates in Gobi desert and spreads 1325 Rise of the Aztecs Hundred Years’ War 1350 Rise of Inca 1400 C.E Chinese trading expeditions 1453 End of Byzantine Empire

Vocabulary

bedouins Umayyad Quran five pillars caliph Sunnis Jihad Abbasids Mongols Sufis manorialism serfs three-field system feudalism vassals Magna Carta Parliaments Hundred Years War guilds black death bushi samurai seppuku shogun daimyos sinification

Important People!

Charlemagne United Western Europe Regarded as the Founder of France and Germany Muhammad Founded Islam His revelations inspired writing of Quran

Mansa Musa Ruled the Mali Empire Had almost half of the world’s gold Vladimir I of Kiev Introduced Christianity to the Rus’

Major Developments

Rise of Islam Bubonic Plague Parliamentary Government World Trading Network Tang/Song Dynasty Byzantium and Orthodox Christianity American Empires African Empires Feudalism

Rise of Islam Muhammed ( )- bedouin tribes in present-day Saudi Arabia. Arabian tribes eventually united by Islam and the booty from continued raids against other areas Bedouin tribes take over Iran, Iraq, North India

World Trading Network Strong Muslim Empires bridged gap between East and West Technology spread due to trade

Bubonic Plague 13 th to 16 th century- Black Death swept through Eurasia 1/3 of population was killed

Parliamentary Government Began in England in the 1100s Idea spread from England to rest of Europe

Tang/Song Dynasty Scholar-gentry Examinations Expanded territory west to Caspian Sea and north to Lake Baikal

Byzantium and Orthodox Christianity Created from eastern part of Roman Empire Russia inherited Orthodox Christianity and the Byzantine tradition The Byzantine Empire was surrounded by Muslims to the south and Turkic tribes to the East

American Civilizations Maya-Yucatan Peninsula cities abandoned in 700s Toltecs-came after Mayas, set up capital city in 968 in central Mexico Aztecs-came after Toltecs Incas s, took over much of western South America

African Empires Originally mostly stateless society – no bureaucracy or professional military Islam spread quickly through Africa, with its ideas of equality In Northeast Africa, the Sahel, several kingdoms emerged. In order: Ghana, Mali, Songhay. Before the 400s, there were already Christian converts in Egypt and Eastern Africa Ethiopian kingdom and Copts in Egypt were Christian

Feudalism Rome fell, chaos reigned from 500s to 900s Catholicism provided only organization Charlemagne created feudal empire based on Papal support Soon other groups also did this