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III. The Postclassical Period, 5001500 |
A. Global and Comparative Dimensions |
1. Periodization, 5001000 |
a. Transformation of Regional Civilizations |
b. Comparisons |
c. Interregional Relationships |
d. Continued Spread of Religions |
e. The Global Picture |
2. The High Postclassical Period, 10001500 |
a. Major Interregional Expansions |
b. Interregional Exchanges |
c. The Religious Context |
d. The Global Picture |
B. The Middle East and North Africa, 5001500 |
1. The Rise and Expansion of Islam, 610945 |
a. Overview |
b. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam |
c. The Umayyad Caliphate |
d. The Abbasid Caliphate and Its Breakup |
2. The Muslim Middle East and North Africa, c. 9451500 |
a. Overview |
b. Iran, Iraq, and Anatolia |
c. The Mongol Empire and Its Successors |
d. The Ottoman Empire |
e. Egypt and Syria |
f. North Africa |
C. South and Southeast Asia, 5001500 |
1. South Asia, 5001199 |
a. North India |
b. Deccan and Western India |
c. South India |
2. Southeast Asia, 500900 |
a. The Malay Archipelago and Peninsula |
b. Mainland Southeast Asia |
3. South Asia, 10001500 |
a. North India and Deccan |
b. Bengal |
c. South India |
d. Ceylon |
4. Southeast Asia, c. 9001557 |
a. The Malay Archipelago and Peninsula |
b. Mainland Southeast Asia |
D. Africa, 5001500 |
1. Historical Trends, 5001000 |
2. Regions, 5001000 |
a. Sudanic West and Central Africa |
b. Forest West Africa |
c. Northeast Africa (Horn) |
d. East Africa |
e. West Central Africa |
f. Southern Africa |
g. Madagascar |
3. Historical Trends, 10001500 |
4. Regions, 10001500 |
a. Sudanic West and Central Africa |
b. Forest West Africa |
c. Northeast Africa (Horn) |
d. East Africa |
e. West Central Africa |
f. Southern Africa |
g. Madagascar |
E. East Asia, to 1527 |
1. China, 589960 |
a. Periodization and Events |
b. Political, Social, and Cultural Patterns |
2. China, 9601521 |
a. Periodization and Events |
b. Political, Social, and Cultural Patterns |
c. The Mongol Period |
d. The Early Ming |
3. Korea, 540918 |
4. Korea, 9181392 |
a. Major Events |
b. Political, Social, and Cultural Patterns |
5. Japan, 5521185 |
6. Japan, 11851493 |
a. General Characteristics |
b. Major Events |
7. Vietnam |
a. Origins to 1009 |
b. 10091527, Independence and Its Defense |
F. Europe, 4611500 |
1. Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages, 4611000 |
a. Conditions of Life |
b. The Early Church |
c. Invaders of the West |
d. The Ostrogoths in Italy |
e. The Frankish Kingdom |
f. The Lombards and the Popes |
g. The Empire of Charlemagne and Its Disintegration |
h. The West Franks under the Carolingian Kings |
i. Germany under the Carolingian and Saxon Emperors |
j. Spain |
k. The British Isles |
l. Scandinavia |
2. Eastern Europe, 5001025 |
a. The Byzantine Empire |
b. The First Bulgarian Empire |
3. Western Europe and the Age of the Cathedrals, 10001300 |
a. Overview |
b. The British Isles |
c. France |
d. Germany |
e. Scandinavia |
f. The Papacy and Italy |
g. The Iberian Peninsula |
4. Eastern Europe, 10001300 |
a. The Slavs |
b. Bohemia and Moravia |
c. Poland |
d. Kievan Russia |
e. Hungary |
f. Serbia |
g. The Second Bulgarian Empire |
5. Christian States in the Eastern Mediterranean, 10001300 |
a. The Byzantine Empire |
b. The Crusades |
c. Latin and Greek States in the Middle East |
6. Western Europe, 13001500 |
a. Overview |
b. The British Isles |
c. France |
d. The Iberian Peninsula |
e. The Papacy and Italy |
f. The Holy Roman Empire |
g. Scandinavia |
7. Eastern Europe, 13001500 |
a. Poland |
b. Lithuania |
c. Russia |
d. Hungary |
e. The Serbian States |
f. The Byzantine Empire |
G. The Americas, 10001525 |
1. Pre-Columbian South and Central America and the Caribbean, 12001530 |
2. Pre-Columbian Explorations by Europeans, 12001530 |
3. The Voyages of Columbus, 14921504 |
4. Post-Columbian Discoveries, 14971522 |
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