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600 to 1450 C.E. Unit

This unit focuses on social, political, and economic developments in the world from the post-classical period to the early modern period. This unit also examines civilizations in Meso-america. Among the civilizations examined in this unit are: Olmecs, Maya Aztec, Inca, Byzantine, medieval Europe, Islamic world, Tang and Song dynasties in China, Japan, Kore, and Southeast Asia, the Mongols, West African empires (Ghana, Mali, Songhai), and East and South African peoples.
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Early Developments in Mesoamerica ​

Key terms: Olmecs, Maya, Aztec, Inca, Mexico, Yucatan, Peru, Andes, Mesoamerican ballgame, split inheritance, ritual sacrifice, Tenochtitlan (Aztec capital), Cuzco (Inca capital), Machu Pinchu

Byzantine Empire and medieval Europe

Key terms: Justinian, Justinian's Code, Constantinople, Crusades, Eastern Orthodox, Great Schism, Fall of Constantinople (1453), iconoclasm, patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Holy Roman Empire, excommunication, tithe, anti-Semitism, usury ​​
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 The Rise of Islam (Origins, Umayyad, and Abbasid Caliphates) ​

Key terms: Mohammed,monotheism, mosque, Mecca, Medina,  Damascus, Baghdad, Qua ran,Abu Bakr, Ali, Sunni, Shi'a, Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate, Seljuk Turks, Mameluke Turks, Mawali, Harun al-Rashid, Sufi
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Medieval Europe(Crusades & Black Death)

Key terms: Mohammed,monotheism, mosque, Mecca, Medina,  Damascus, Baghdad, Qua ran,Abu Bakr, Ali, Sunni, Shi'a, Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate, Seljuk Turks, Mameluke Turks, Mawali, Harun al-Rashid, Sufi
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Tang and Song Dynasties (China) 

Key Terms: Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Grand Canal, foot binding, Neo-Confucianism, Uyghur Empire, Tibetan Empire, gunpowder, water clock, movable print
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Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam ​

Key Terms:  Shogunate, bushido, samurai, daimyo, Heian, Koryo dynasty, neo-Confucianism, Tale of Genji, seppuku, Shinto, Trung sisters, Sinification, rice paddy farming
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The Mongols ​

Key Terms: Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Great Khan, Golden Khan, Il-Khan, Jagadai, Ivan the Terrible, Silk Road, Black Death, Prince Alexander of Novgorad, Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty, Zheng He, cultural diffusion
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Developments in Africa (From the Sahara to the Indian Ocean)

Key Terms: Bantu migration, animism, Great Zimbabwe, Ghana Empire, Mali Empire, Songhai Empire, Swahili coast, East African slave trade, Trans-Saharan trade, Indian Ocean trade, Zanzibar, Ibn Battuta, Mansu Musa
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