Blog #5 - Part 3 Post Classical Era - Ch 11 -13

Chapter Outlines to be filled in with what I think are interesting facts to know and notes from class. This way helps me see the big picture and study for quizzes.

CHAPTER 11: The Worlds of Islam: Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600–1500
Islam stretched from Spain to India. Came on fast and very thorough
Trade routes/ Pasoral
City of Mecca == Trading Zone, full of riches
Kaaba - Square monument that held 360 idols
Islam based on the 5 pillars
1. Monotheism - One God, Muhammad was the messenger of God
2. Prayer 5 times daily
3. Generously give your wealth to maintain the community, and to help the needy
4. Rhamadan - Month long fasting
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca

+ The Birth of a New Religion

• The Homeland of Islam
• The Messenger and the Message
• The Transformation of Arabia

+ The Making of an Arab Empire

• War and Conquest - The Byzantine and Persian Empires were ripe for take over because they had been weakened by decades of war with each other and by internal revolts.
624 battle of the Muslims against Mecca (3:1)
• Conversion to Islam
• Divisions in the Islamic World
• Women and Men in Early Islam

+ Islam and Cultural Encounter: A Four-Way Comparison

• The Case of India
• The Case of Anatolia
• The Case of West Africa
• The Case of Spain

+ The World of Islam as a New Civilization

• Networks of Faith
• Networks of Exchange

CHAPTER 12: Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage: The Mongol Moment, 1200–1500

+ Looking Back and Looking Around: The Long History of Pastoral Nomads

• The World of Pastoral Societies
• The Xiongnu: An Early Nomadic Empire
• The Arabs and the Turks
• The Masai of East Africa

+ Breakout: The Mongol Empire
Mongolia - largest continuous land area to this day.
Mongol empire exhisted same time as Song Dynasty.
They were about fueding and revenge
Mongols conquered Persia
4x size of Alexander's Army

• From Temujin to Chinggis Khan: The Rise of the Mongol Empire
killed his older brother
• Explaining the Mongol Moment

+ Encountering the Mongols: Comparing Three Cases

• China and the Mongols
• Persia and the Mongols
• Russia and the Mongols

+ The Mongol Empire as a Eurasian Network

• Toward a World Economy
• Diplomacy on a Eurasian Scale
• Cultural Exchange in the Mongol Realm
• The Plague: A Eurasian Pan

CHAPTER 13: The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century

+ The Shapes of Human Communities

• Paleolithic Persistence
• Agricultural Village Societies
• Herding Peoples

+ Civilizations of the Fifteenth Century: Comparing China and Europe

• Ming Dynasty China
• European Comparisons: State-Building and Cultural Renewal
• European Comparisons: Maritime Voyaging

+ Civilizations of the Fifteenth Century: The Islamic World

• In the Islamic Heartland: The Ottoman and Safavid Empires
• On the Frontiers of Islam: The Songhay and Mughal Empires

+ Civilizations of the Fifteenth Century: The Americas

• The Aztec Empire
• The Inca Empire

+ Webs of Connection

Note: Info comes from The Ways of the World, A brief Global History textbook by Robert W. Strayer, website, http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/strayer1e/default.asp?