1. Tech, Migrations, and Religion

2. Migrations and Tech Arab Migration – conquered and settled M.E. / N.
Africa, Arabzing it in the CE Range
Turkic Migration – migration and conquest by Turkic peoples in Central Asia,
India, Middle East, and Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), spreading Islam as well
Tech
Paper and printing spread from China, to India, the Caliphates, and Europe
Gunpowder spread from China, to the Mongols, and to Europe where
it was mastered and weaponized by competing European states

4. Polynesian Migration (Austronesian)
The Polynesian Migration took place starting in BCE starting from Taiwan
This migration took nearly 4,000 years to complete, settling the Pacific Islands,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Madagascar (500 CE), and New Zealand (1200 CE)
With their migration, these Polynesians took their
domesticated animals, agriculture and language with them
They even introduced bananas and coconuts to Africa

6. Religion Spreading
Neoconfucianism reintroduced and enforced in Song China, and
SPREAD to profoundly influence the rest of East Asia (Korea and Japan)
Islam spread wildly due to conquest (caliphates and sultanates)
and trade (Muslim Diaspora and Arab merchants to West Africa)
Hinduism spread to the Khmer and Champa Empires,
and Buddhism to Japan (Taika Reforms)
Christianity and the Christian kingdoms shrank, including Axum, North Africa, the
Middle East, and Spain due to Islam and the Mongols, but did add the Vikings (1100)

7. Religion & Women
During the Post-Classical Era, Buddhism continued to spread due to its egalitarian
appeal (nirvana), but had little lasting impact in China after the Tang Dynasty
In the West, Christianity offered new opportunities for women
to escape childrearing and become literate as nuns in convents
Neoconfucianism kept China strongly patriarchal (foot binding),
as did Islam in the Middle East and North Africa (but not West)
Some Muslim territories, however, began to give divorce
initiation rights to women (Khula – consensual divorce)