1. The Early Middle Ages (1000-1200 AD)
NOTE THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND OTHER EXAMPLES OF GLOBALIZATION AS YOU GO!

2. European Revival
increased control of the Catholic Church leads to greater political stability
1031 re-conquest of Spain begun
Islamic world farm more advanced

4. England
A dispute over the English throne, after the death of Edward “the Confessor”, causes Harold King of Norway and William Duke of Normandy to invade
Harold II of England defeats the Norwegian army in northern England and rushes to meet William in the south
William defeats Harold II and is crowned king on Christmas Day 1066 in Westminster Abby, London – ends the Anglo-Saxon control of England

5. England

6. Spends the rest of his life subduing the rest of the country
Primogeniture (eldest son inherits) adopted after the conflict between his three sons (Duke Richard of Normandy, King William “Rufus” of England, and King Henry I of England and Duke of Normandy)
Good example of feudalism (explain)

7. Feudal System Elements
Manor at the center
serfs/freemen work land
serfs and important buildings in manor
freemen own house
protection for labour
subsistence economy
dependency relationships (peasants-knights-lords-monarch-God)

8. The Great Schism (1054)
permanent separation of Roman Catholic (Latin) and Eastern Orthodox (Greek) over whether the Spirit was from the Father and the Son (RC) or the Father alone (EO)
EO also allowed priests to marry
Pope (RC) and Patriarch (EO) excommunicated each other

10. Islam and the Crusades
Islam is the largest civilization ever formed but no central authority
Rival factions and political instability
Conquered lands from Spain to India
Driven the Byzantine Empire back to the gates of Constantinople causing Pope Urban II to appeal for a crusade to recapture the Holy Land and save Constantinople
1100 to 1302 seven or eight (if you count the “Children’s Crusade”) crusades are lead before finally being driven out again

16. China Song dynasty reunited China in the 10th century
Became very wealthy and prosperous but had to fight to create political stability
Used the world’s first paper money, gunpowder, and movable printing

17. Americas
First towns begin to emerge in the Mississippi Valley – corn finally domesticated
Central America still the main population and cultural centre

18. Globalization Lessons: