Cross Cultural Connections:

What were the changes and

continuities between 600 and 1450?
AP World History
Richard Smart
Oakland Mills High School
 Period 2: Key Comparisons and
Analyses
 Compare the role and function of cities in major societies
 Analyze gender systems and changes, such as the
effects of Islam
 Analyze the interactions between Jews, Christians, and
Muslims
 Compare developments in political and social institutions
in both eastern and western Europe
 Compare Japanese and European feudalism
 Compare European and sub-Saharan African contacts
with the Islamic world
 Analyze the Chinese civil service exam system and the
rise of meritocracy
 The World in 700CE
Social –
•Islam
•Neo-Confucianism
Political – •Urbanization
•Rise of Islam •Catholic West Europe
•Tang Dynasty •Orthodox East Europe
•Vikings & Carolingians
•Decline of Maya

Economic –
•Silk Roads
•Spread of Agriculture
•East African Slave Trade
•Bantu Migration
•Polynesian Migration
 The World in 1300CE
Political –
•Mongol Expansion
•Abbasid & Song Collapse
•Sultanate of Delhi
•Ghana, Mali, Zimbabwe
•European kingdoms
Social –
•Urbanization
•Crusades
Economics – •Age Grades & Griots
•Mongol peace •Manorialism
•Gunpowder, Compass •Feudalism
•Indian Ocean Trade
•Trans-Saharan trade
•Americas isolated
 The World in 1450CE

Political – Social –
•Ming China •Bubonic Plague
•Ottoman Empire •Mini Ice Age
•Inca & Aztec •Renaissance
•European States

Economic –
•Indian Ocean Trade
•Voyages of Exploration
•Atlantic Slave Trade
•Americas isolated
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