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Chapter 11: Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage       The Mongol Moment              [1200-1500] The pastoral societies weren't as developed as other agricultural societies. They has several important features that distinguished them from settled agricultural communities and civilizations, like generally these societies had less productive economies and their need for large grazing area meant they supported smaller populations. These people often lived in scattered encampments or seasonal settlements, rather than villages or towns or cities like the more developed communities/ civilizations. The women of the pastoral societies were usually offered a higher status, fewer restrictions and even greater role in public life. Which is how this society differed from the more developed societies. Also, unlike other societies, remarriage of a widow did not carry the negative connotation that was seen among the Chinese. Women were even able...

Chapter 8: China and the World   East Asian Connections      500-1300 "China will be the next superpower" (323) How will China be the next "superpower"?  China was able to become the next "superpower" through the way they were a major classical civilization but were there since the Ancient era, giving them a continuous existence. They were also able to see an exponential amount of economic growth as they became an important factor in the trade, especially on the sea road. They were also able to see growth through their inventions in technology and engineering. Therefore leading to improvement in industrial growth through the development of new techniques and practices. Another important thing that became important in China was rice as they were able to grow their rice through the drought and could grow it quickly. The increase in food production (rice) helped lead to an increase in population. Merit system: hiring people based on their merit, mean...

Chapter 10: The Worlds of Christendom     Contraction, Expansion, and Division         500-1300 Yao Hong was a women who helped with the spread of Christianity in China. As she decided to become christian after finding out that her husband was having an affair with another women. Christianity began to spread throughout other Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, and parts of India. It was also being seen in the non-muslim regions of Africa during the twentieth century. By the early twenty-first century "over 60 percent of the world's Christians lived in Asia, Africa, or Latin America. Leaving Europe and North America with less christians than that of Asia, Africa, or Latin America. Events that led to the increase in christianity include: Islam. This is because with the introduction of Islam led to the rapid spread across Afro-eursia and then at the same time there was the creation of a large and powerful A...

Chapter 9: The Worlds of Islam         600-1500 - Most of the major cultural traditions/religions that arose in the second-wave era emerged from the core of the established civilizations like China (confucianism and daoism), India (buddhism and hinduism), Mediterranean World (greek philosophy), Persia (Zoroastrianism) - Christianity and Islam came from the margins of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civilizations- Christianity was found by small middle eastern peoples; jews in the province of the Roman Empire; islam found in the cities and deserts of the Arabian Peninsula - Bedoiuns: the central region of the Arabian peninsula that was long inhibited by the nomadic Arabs - Mecca became very important as it was where the Kaaba was found allowing for Mecca to become a wealthy area where people from all clans and tribes could be found - Around 600 it was thought that Arabs were going to be transitioning into Judaism or Christianity (the most rapidly growing rel...

Intro to Part Three: An Age of Accelerating Connections (500-1500) Defining a Millennium- It has been difficult to determine when one phase of human history ends and when another phase begins as some people have disagreed on when each phase changes Third- Wave Civilizations: Something New, Something old, Something Blended- have trouble identifying clearly defined features of the major civilizations or human communities during this period (500-1500) and to differentiate these groups from those that came before them The Ties That Bind: Transregional Interactions in the Third-Wave Era- although it is difficult to determine an all-encompassing definition of the their-era wave, there is a common theme of communication or contact with strangers for their ideas, armies, goods, and even diseases Chapter 7: Commerce and Culture - The Silk Road lead to the exchange of products between inner and outer Eurasia which was warm and had water. It linked the civilizations on the western and e...

Chapter 6: Commonalities and Variations Civilization of Africa, Meroe: Gained many resources through trading Several different groups were common in Africa as the climate differentiated throughout the continent Many females were the ruling queens City in Nubia Axum: East Africa (100-600 CE) King adopted the religion Christianity, thus, influencing the people of Axum and the cities around it as well An example of monumental structures built by the second-wave era of civilizations is the column of Axum Along the Niger River: Cities without states Many urban cities around the river Many people began to move closer as the large drought occurred in Sahara Cities around the river never really established themselves through their structure, and had specializations and inequalities - metal skills increased power Civilizations of Mesoamerica: Known for the architectural achievements especially in regards to the environment around them Cities (usually) had their own gov...