1. Introduction to Unit 3 Regional and Transregional Interactions 600-1450 CE Or 500-1500 CE?

2. The Big Picture…Defining the time period A.Periodization issues-How do you tell when one ends and another begins? 1.Between 200 and 850 CE many classical states disrupted, declined, or collapsed 2.Columbus’s transatlantic voyage around 1500 mark a new departure in WH for most people. 3.Proven hard to define distinct identify for this period a.Post-classical??? b.Medieval  Eurocentric c.Third-wave civilizations-something new, something old, something blended…

3. Quick Activity… Read through the key events, changes, and continuities in your unit outline Using your AP subthemes, go through the lists and label each one with a sub-theme

4. Third-Wave or Post Classical A.Various regions followed different trajectories in this era B.Several distinct patterns of development: 1.Creation of new but smaller civilizations where none had existed before a.East African Swahili b.Kievan Rus c.New civilizations in East and SE Asia 2.All part of pattern of increasing GLOBALIZATION of civilization a.Distinctive, but similar to earlier civilizations b.All borrowed heavily from earlier or more established centers 3.Most expansive and influential was ISLAM 1.Creation of new civilization defined by its religion 4.Some older civilizations persisted or were reconstructed (Byzantium, China, India, Niger Valley) 1.Collapse of classical Maya and Teotihuacan open way for reshaping 2.Inca formed empire from various centers of Andean civilization

5. Continued… 5.Western Europe: successor states tried to maintain links to older Greco-Roman Christian traditions a.Far more decentralized societies emerged, led by Germans b.Hybrid civilization was created of classical and Germanic elements a.Development of highly competitive states after 1000 CE

6. Transregional Interaction in the Postclassical Era A.Important common theme is the great increase between the world’s regions, cultures, and peoples 1.Increasingly, change was caused by contact with strangers and/or their ideas, armies, goods, or diseases 2.COSMOPOLITAN regions emerged in a variety of places-”miniglobalization” B.Accelerating pace of interaction in postclassical era  three major mechanisms of interaction 1.Trade, especially the growth of long-distance commerce a.Establishment of new states b.Religious idea, technologies, and germs moved along trade routes 2.Large empires, incorporating many distinct cultures under a single political view a.Security for LD trade b.Most larger than earlier (Arabs, Mongols, Aztecs) c.Created by nomadic or pastoral peoples (Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Aztecs) who ruled over agriculturalists 3.Large-scale empires and LD trade worked together to facilitate spread of ideas, tech., crops, and germs C.Focus on accelerating connections= spotlight on travelers D.Raises questions  choices individuals or societies had in accepting new ideas or practices & how they made those decisions

7. Historical thinking skills… CCOT –We will begin to look for major continuities and changes that occurred during the postclassical era –Keep a chart or code your notes with CHANGE or CONTINUTITY DBQ –We will practice analyzing documents, summarizing, evaluating POV, and grouping documents –Every time we do DOC analysis, make sure to think about POV

8. Let’s review… Organization of large-scale empires  volume of long-distance trade increased dramatically Resulted from the demand for raw materials and luxury goods. Land and water routes linked many regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. The exchange of people, technology, religious and cultural beliefs, food crops, domesticated animals, and disease pathogens developed alongside the trade in goods across far-flung networks of communication and exchange. In the Americas and Oceania localized networks developed.

9. Interaction and Technology Land and water routes became the basis for transregional trade, communication, and exchange networks in the Eastern Hemisphere. New technologies facilitated long-distance communication and exchange.

10. Dhow and Lateen Sail

11. Stirrups and Saddles

12. The Qanat System A qanāt (from Arabia) (Iran, Syria and Jordan) is a water management system used to provide a reliable supply of water for human settlements and irrigation in hot, arid and semi-arid climates Construction of a Qanat. The Qanat in Gonabad has been in continuous use for 2700 years and continues to provide water to 40,000 people today!

13. Silk Roads

14. Sea Roads

15. Sea Trade in SE Asia

16. Sand Roads

17. American Network