Part 3 Note Packet
PART THREE
AN AGE OF ACCELERATING CONNECTIONS
600–1500
Chapter 8: Commerce and Culture, 500–1500
Chapter Objectives
• To consider the significance of trade in human history
• To explore the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations
• To examine the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease)
• To explore the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the reasons behind those differences
Chapter 9: China and the World: East Asian Connections, 500–1300
Chapter Objectives
• To explore the role of China as “superpower” among the third-wave civilizations
• To examine China’s deep influence on East Asia • To consider the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China
• To encourage students to question modern assumptions about China
Chapter 10:The Worlds of European Christendom: Connected and Divided, 500–1300
Chapter Objectives
• To examine European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire
• To compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire
• To explore medieval European expansion
• To present the backwardness of medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up
Chapter 11: The Worlds of Islam: Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600–1500
Chapter Objectives
• To examine the causes behind the spread of Islam
• To explore the dynamism of the Islamic world as the most influential of the third-wave civilizations
• To consider the religious divisions within Islam and how they affected political development
• To consider Islam as a source of cultural encounters with Christian, African, and Hindu cultures
• To increase student awareness of the accomplishments of the Islamic world in the period 600–1500 C.E.
Chapter 12—Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage: The Mongol Moment, 1200–1500
Chapter Learning Objectives • To make students aware of
AN AGE OF ACCELERATING CONNECTIONS
600–1500
Chapter 8: Commerce and Culture, 500–1500
Chapter Objectives
• To consider the significance of trade in human history
• To explore the interconnections created by long-distance trade in the period of third-wave civilizations
• To examine the full range of what was carried along trade routes (goods, culture, disease)
• To explore the differences between the commerce of the Eastern Hemisphere and that of the Western Hemisphere and the reasons behind those differences
Chapter 9: China and the World: East Asian Connections, 500–1300
Chapter Objectives
• To explore the role of China as “superpower” among the third-wave civilizations
• To examine China’s deep influence on East Asia • To consider the ways in which interaction with other peoples had an impact on China
• To encourage students to question modern assumptions about China
Chapter 10:The Worlds of European Christendom: Connected and Divided, 500–1300
Chapter Objectives
• To examine European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire
• To compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire
• To explore medieval European expansion
• To present the backwardness of medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and the steps by which it caught up
Chapter 11: The Worlds of Islam: Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600–1500
Chapter Objectives
• To examine the causes behind the spread of Islam
• To explore the dynamism of the Islamic world as the most influential of the third-wave civilizations
• To consider the religious divisions within Islam and how they affected political development
• To consider Islam as a source of cultural encounters with Christian, African, and Hindu cultures
• To increase student awareness of the accomplishments of the Islamic world in the period 600–1500 C.E.
Chapter 12—Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage: The Mongol Moment, 1200–1500
Chapter Learning Objectives • To make students aware of