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Post Classical Civilizations 600-1450 CE Cheat Sheet by

World History

Context

Follows collapse of major classical civili­zations
Basically Mongols and Muslims

Major Empires

Imperial China
Experi­ences golden age with the Sui dynasty, then it was the Tang and finally the Mongols
Byzantine Empire
Eastern half of the Roman Empire, capital in Consta­nti­nople under emperor Justinian
Islamic Caliphates
Establ­ished by Muhammad, leads in trade, astronomy, mathem­atics, science, philos­ophy, etc.
Mongol Empire
More egalit­arian nomadic gorup that establ­ished an empire
 

Expansion of Commun­ica­tio­n/E­xchange Networks

Concen­tra­tions of wealth and intens­ifi­cation of cultural exchanges
Transp­ort­ation, state policies, and mercantile practices increased expansion
Pastoral and nomadic groups played a big role in creating and sustaining transp­ort­ation networks
Improved transp­ort­ation techno­logies and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade, and expanded the geogra­phical range of existing and newly active trade networks
Major trade routes to know
Indian Ocean, Medite­rranean Sea, Silk Road, and Trans Saharan
Trade of luxury goods encouraged by innova­tions
silk and cotton textiles, porcelain, spices, precious metals and gems, slaves, exotic animals
Innova­tions and techno­logies include:
carava­nserai, compass use, the astrolabe, larger ship designs in sea travel
Trade facili­tated by laws
Inca Road System, Hanseatic League, Grand Canal
 

A Helpful Link/S­ource

New Techno­logical Agricu­ltural Innova­tions

Mesoam­erica
Chinampas
Floating gardens
Andean Region
Waru Waru
limited erosion improved irrigation
Most of the planet (speci­fically in China)
Terracing
create arable land in mountains
Afro-E­urasia
Horse Collar
help plow fields
Medieval Europe
Three Field
crop rotation
Most of the planet
Swamp Drain
increase land and reduce disease spreading mosquitos
 

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