1. Unit Three: 600 to 1450

2. Remember the acronym… F eudalism I slam N omadic Empire A sian dominance N ew World Empire C rusades E uropean recovery S yncretism

3. …and the song. UNIT THREE Feudalism, Rise of Islam Great Schism, Crusades too Mansa Musa, Ghana; Turks, Vikings, and Mongols; Chinese rule, Unit Three

4. Centralized Empires China – Tang Dynasty (618 to 908) – Song Dynasty (960 to 1279) – Yuan Dynasty (1279 to 1368) – Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) Islamic Caliphates – Umayyad Caliphate (661) – Abbasid Caliphate Byzantine Empire (4 th c. to 1453) Africa – Kingdom of Ghana (500 to 1200) – Kingdom of Mali (1235 to 1400s) South America: Inca (1400 to 1540)

5. Decentralized States Western Europe – Early Middle Ages (500 to 1000) – High Middle Ages (1000 to 1450) sees increased political power Japan (600 to 1000) East African City-States (900 to 1500) Delhi Sultanate (1200 to 1500s) The Americas: Maya, Aztec

6. Centralized Empires China – Tang Dynasty (618 to 908) Civil service exam, Grand Canal, scholars valued, religious toleration until anti-Buddhist backlash, Changan, taxes and rebellion returns to regional rule

7. – Song Dynasty (960 to 1279) Tribute system, scholar army ineffective – inflation – northern invasion weakens = Southern Song, Economic Revolution, footbinding – INNOVATIONS: paper money and flying cash, printing press with movable type, gunpowder, magnetic compass, Neo-Confucianism

8. – Yuan Dynasty (1279 to 1368) Mongol dynasty under Kublai Khan, no civil service exam, foreigners in gov, diff laws for native Chinese, merchants welcomed, “pony express”, Marco Polo

9. – Ming “Bright” Dynasty (1368 to 1644) Confucian education and civil service reinstated, Jesuit missionaries, Emperor Yongle (Forbidden City, Encyclopedia, Zheng He’s voyages), turn inward

10. Other areas of East and Southeast Asia Srivijaya and Majapahit – Srivijaya: 8 th c. trading society (primarily spices) on island of Sumatra; conquered by Chola in 1025 – Majapahit on island of Java rose after Srivijaya in 13 th c. Korea and Koryo Dynasty (900s) – Previous dynasties closely tied to Tang; Koryo still copied civil service and bureaucracy; Zen and Tendai Buddhism; slavery important; Mongols conquered; when Mongols overthrown by Ming, Koryo overthrown by Yi dynasty

11. Angkor – Khmer kingdom (today Cambodia) rose in 9 th c. and powerful until 16 th c.; Angkor Wat built from 1113 to 1150 and portrays Hindu mythology; Thai destroyed capitol of Ankor Thom in 1432