1. Key Concept 3.2: Continuity & Innovations of State Forms & Their Interactions (Other Major States)
Period 3: 600 – 1450 CE

2. Other major states demonstrate remarkable continuity, innovation, and diversity.

3. Empires Collapsed
Most reconstituted governments combined traditional sources of power and legitimacy with innovations better suited to current circumstances
Byzantine Empire
Chinese Dynasties (Sui, Tang, Song)

4. Traditional Sources of Power & Legitimacy
Patriarchy
Religion
Land-owning Elites

5. Innovations Tributary Systems Adaptation of Religious Intuitions
New Methods of Taxation
Tributary Systems
Adaptation of Religious Intuitions

6. In some places, new forms of governance emerged
Islamic States
Abassids, Muslim Iberia, Dehli Sultanates
Mongol Khanates
City-states
Italian Peninsula, East Africa, Southeast Asia, Americas
Decentralized Government (AKA Feudalism)
Japan
Europe

7. Byzantine (330-1450 CE) Eastern Rome
Byzantine people refer to it as the Roman Empire

9. Byzantine (330-1450 CE) Emperor Justinian
Briefly rebuilt the Roman Empire to old borders
Elaborate projects (Hagia Sophia)
Justinian Code

11. Byzantine (330-1450 CE) Administrative System Divine, Absolute Ruler
Elaborate Bureaucracy
Christian Empire
Split with Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox

12. China ( CE)
Sui Dynasty
Reunited China
Grand Canal

13. China (589-1279 CE) Tang Dynasty High point of Chinese civilization
Silk Road
Tribute
Buddhist/Confucianism
Cultural Influence over Japan, Korea
Printing

14. China (589-1279 CE) Song Dynasty Paper Money Gunpowder
Conquered by MONGOLS

15. Italian City States New government that replaced the Old Roman Empire
Venice, Milan, Genoa, Verona, etc.
Dominated Mediterranean Trade
Key trade between Europe and Asia
Later traded with Ottoman Empire

16. Feudal Europe Decentralized
Local feudal lords gained fealty over local people
Highlight:
Charlemagne

18. Charlemagne Frankish king Unites Gaul Defeats Muslims
Battle of Tours (732)
Crowned Holy Roman Emperor

19. Feudal Japan
Mirrored Europe
Daimyo = Lord
Samurai = Knights

20. Americas Similar to Afro-Eurasia
State systems expanded in scope and strength
Similar to Afro-Eurasia

21. Americas
Maya
Network of City States

22. Americas
Aztec
Empire based in Central Mexico
“Mexica”

23. Americas Andes Mountains around Peru Road System Inheritance System
Inca
Andes Mountains around Peru
Road System
Inheritance System
Quipu