1. Period 3 BIG IDEAS
600 CE

2. Networks of trade and communication got bigger and more intense
Key Concept #1
Networks of trade and communication got bigger and more intense
Improved transportation technology and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade, and expanded the geographic range of existing and newly active trade networks.

4. The movement of people caused environmental damage.
Cross cultural exchanges were helped by the intensification of existing, or the creation of new, networks of trade and communication.
There was continued diffusion of crops and disease throughout the Eastern Hemisphere along trade routes.

8. Key Concept #2
Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions
Empires collapsed and were revived; in some regions new state forms emerged.
Contact and conflict between states and empires encouraged technological and cultural exchange.

10. Key Concept #3
Increased Economic Productive Capacity and its Consequence
Innovations sparked agricultural and industrial production in many regions.
The fate of cities varied greatly, with periods of significant decline, and with periods of increased urbanization and rising productivity and expanding trade networks.
Despite significant continuities in social structures and in methods of production, there were some important changes in labor management and in the effect of religious conversion on gender relations and family life.