Unit+2+600+to+1450

1. Questions of Periodization 600 to 1450 2. The Islamic World 3. Inter-regional networks and contacts 4. Describe political systems and cultural patterns 5. Demographic and environmental changes 6. Diverse Interpretations 600 to 1450
 * Why did the makers of AP World History decide to start a new unit at the year 600? (instead of 400 or 1000 or some other year?)
 * Describe the emergence of new Empires and political systems/organizations.
 * Umayyad (also discussed in #2)
 * Abbasid (also discussed in #2)
 * Byzantium
 * Russia
 * Sudanic states (also discussed in #4)
 * Swahili coast (also discussed in #2 & #4)
 * Tang China (also briefly discussed in #4)
 * Song China (also briefly discussed in #4)
 * Ming China (also briefly discussed in #4)
 * Delhi Sultanate (also discussed in #2 & #4)
 * Mongol (also briefly discussed in #3)
 * Turkish
 * Aztec (also discussed in #4)
 * Inca (also discussed in #4)
 * What are the continuities and/or breaks with in the period (Mongols on trade & societies; disease?)
 * Why is the rise of Islam as a cultural and economic force in Eurasia & Africa significant?
 * How did the Islamic Political Structures - the Caliphate - differ from earlier political structures?
 * Define/analyze the impact of Islam on the arts, sciences, technologies and the birth of university.
 * Describe the trade, technology, and cultural exchanges that changed or continued during this period.
 * Trans-Sahara trade
 * Indian Ocean trade
 * Spice roads
 * Silk road basics and map
 * Economic innovations of the Tang, Song, and early Ming China, Swahili Coast trade, economic systems in the Americas
 * What was the impact of Missionary outreach (Christian, Islam, Confucian, and Buddhist) during this period?
 * What was the source of Contact & Conflict between major world religions, i.e. Christianity and Islam?
 * What was the role of tribal movements during this period?
 * What is “The Mongol legacy”?
 * East Asia
 * China’s expansion
 * China’s influence on surrounding areas and its limits (Japan, Korea and Vietnam)
 * The Americas
 * Peak and decline of the Maya
 * Rise of the Aztec
 * Rise of the Inca
 * Restructuring of Europe
 * Decentralization and medieval society
 * [|Graphic Organizer of feudal system]
 * Division of Christendom
 * How did cities revive?
 * Africa
 * Sudanic empires like Mali, Ghana and Songhay
 * Swahili coast
 * South Asia and South East Asia
 * Delhi Sultanate
 * Vietnam
 * How did the nomadic migrations in Afro-Eurasia & the Americas [Aztecs, Mongols, Turks, Vikings, Arabs] impact demographics and precipitate environmental changes?
 * What were the consequences of the plague pandemics in the 14 th Century?
 * Explain the growth patterns and role of cities such as the expansion of urban commercial centers in Song China and in the America’s.
 * What are the issues involved n using cultural areas rather than political states as units of analysis?
 * What are the sources of change: nomadic migrations vs. urban growth?]]
 * Was there a world economic network in this period?
 * Were there common patterns in the new opportunities available to and constraints placed on elite women? in this period?
 * To what extent was Dar al-Islam a unified cultural AND political entity?