Unit 3: An Age of Accelerating Connections
500-1500
Strayer Chapter Outline:
- Chapter 8- Commerce and Culture (500-1500)
- Chapter 9- China and the World: East Asian Connections (500-1300)
- Chapter 10- The Worlds of European Christendom: Connected and Divided (500-1300)
- Chapter 11- The Worlds of Islam: Afro-Eurasian Connections (600-1500)
- Chapter 12- Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage: The Mongol Moment (1200-1500)
- Chapter 13- The Worlds of the 15th Century
Period 3: Regional and Transregional Interactions, c. 600 C.E. to c. 1450
· Key Concept 3.1. Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks
· Key Concept 3.2. Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions
· Key Concept 3.3. Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences
KEY CONCEPT 3.1: EXPANSION & INTENSIFICATION of COMMUNICATION & EXCHANGE NETWORKS
Although Afro-Eurasia and the Americas remained separate from one another, this era witnessed a deepening and widening of old and new networks of human interaction within and across regions. The results were unprecedented concentrations of wealth and the intensification of cross-cultural exchanges. Innovations in transportation, state policies, and mercantile practices contributed to the expansion and development of commercial networks, which in turn served as conduits for cultural, technological, and biological diffusion within and between various societies. Pastoral or nomadic groups played a key role in creating and sustaining these networks. Expanding networks fostered greater interregional borrowing, while at the same time sustaining regional diversity. The prophet Muhammad promoted Islam, a new major monotheistic religion at the start of this period. It spread quickly through practices of trade, warfare, and diffusion characteristic of this period. (2012 CONTINUITIES & CHANGE ESSAY)
Although Afro-Eurasia and the Americas remained separate from one another, this era witnessed a deepening and widening of old and new networks of human interaction within and across regions. The results were unprecedented concentrations of wealth and the intensification of cross-cultural exchanges. Innovations in transportation, state policies, and mercantile practices contributed to the expansion and development of commercial networks, which in turn served as conduits for cultural, technological, and biological diffusion within and between various societies. Pastoral or nomadic groups played a key role in creating and sustaining these networks. Expanding networks fostered greater interregional borrowing, while at the same time sustaining regional diversity. The prophet Muhammad promoted Islam, a new major monotheistic religion at the start of this period. It spread quickly through practices of trade, warfare, and diffusion characteristic of this period. (2012 CONTINUITIES & CHANGE ESSAY)
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