1. Unit 3: Post-Classical Age
600 C.E. – 1450 C.E.

2. Tabs 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks
3.2 State Forms & Interactions
3.3 Increased Productive Capacity & Its Consequences

3. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks
Improved transportation technology & commercial practice increased volume of trade; expanded geographic range of existing and newly-active trade networks.
A. Existing trade flourished
Silk Road
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Trans-Sahara

4. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks
B. The growth of interregional trade dependent on new technology, including more sophisticated caravan organization; use of the compass, astrolabe, and larger ship designs in sea travel; and new forms of credit and monetization.
C. Commercial growth: state practices, trading organizations, and state-sponsored commercial infrastructures(Grand Canal, China)
Coins, paper money
Hanseatic League

5. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks
E. The expansion of empires facilitated Trans-Eurasian trade and communication as new peoples were drawn into their conquerors' economies and trade networks.
China (Tang, Song, Yuan)
Byzantine Empire
Muslim Caliphates (Abbasid, Umayyad)
Mongol

6. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks
II. Migration = linguistic & environmental effects
Deforestation; soil erosion; flooding
Migration Bantu-speaking peoples transmit iron & agricultural techniques in Sub-Saharan Africa
Polynesians cultivate plants & domesticate animals as they move to new islands
Spread of Bantu and Swahili language

7. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks
III. Cross-cultural exchange intensified new networks of trade & communication
Islam develops in Arabian peninsula
Muslim rule expands to Afro-Eurasia
Islam spread through missionaries & merchants
Cultural diffusion w/ diasporic communities
Writings of travelers illustrate intercultural knowledge
Ibn Battuta & Marco Polo

8. 3.1 Communication & Exchange Networks
B. Cultural Diffusion through trade & interaction
Neoconfucianism & Buddhism in E. Asia
Ancient Greek & Indian text on Muslim scholars
Spread of printing & Gunpowder from E. Asia
Spread of new foods & disease (Black Death)

9. 3.2 State Forms & Interactions
Empires collapsed; new states emerged
Byzantine Empire; Sui,Tang, Song (China)
Mongol Khanates
Feudalism (Europe & Japan)
Abbasid & Umayyad Caliphates
China influenced surrounding states
Technology & Cultural Transfer
Crusades
Mongol Empire

10. 3.3 Increased Productive Capacity & Its Consequences
Agriculture & Industrial Production
Improved terracing
Chinampa field system
Expanded production of textiles & porcelin
Iron & Steel production expanded
Periods of decline & increased urbanization
Invasion, disease, decline of agriculture production
Safe/reliable transport, rise of commerce

11. 3.3 Increased Productive Capacity & Its Consequences
II. Labor Organization
Guilds
Coerced labor: Serfdom, mita
Largely Patriarchal Societies
Women had more power among Mongols, W. Africa, Japan, & SEAsia.
Diffusion of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam led to change in gender and family structure