Unit 2 - Middle Ages - NC Standards
1.Agricultural Revolution occurred due to improved farming techniques and improvements in technology. This provided for more crops, which led to population increase (more food=more people), growth of towns, feudalism, and the manorial system.
2. Early African Kingdoms (Ghana, Mali, Songhai, etc.)
Key Vocabulary: medieval, schism, orthodox, feudalism, crop rotation/3-field system
2. Early African Kingdoms (Ghana, Mali, Songhai, etc.)
- Mansa Musa, Greatest king of Mali, hajj to Mecca demonstrates the impact and importance of the spread of Islam in Africa
- Trade - salt for gold - indicative of advanced economies and increased communication among diverse societies
- Spread of Islam; role of religion in shaping societal values
- China: rise and fall of various dynasties (Tang, Song, & Ming), Silk Road trade, Great Wall construction, paper money innovation
- Japan: feudalism/military society - samurai, daimyo, shogun, figurehead emperor, etc.
- Mongol, Arab, Turk, and Hun invasions in Europe, Asia, & Middle East. These invasions indicate the increased contact between the East and the West, and cause cultural diffusion.
- Ottoman Empire - relative religious tolerance for those who followed Old Testament, ethnic and religious diversity increased throughout the Middle East
- Safavid Empire - spread of Shi’a Islam demonstrates how religion can be the foundation for building empires
- Feudalism; development of self-sufficient manor economies, livelihood dependent upon agricultural production
- Power of the Papacy - absolute authority, Christianity as unifying force in Europe, church at its height
- Charlemagne
- Pope vs. King struggle for authority
- Magna Carta/Early Modern England/limited monarchy
- Hundred Years War: France v. England; France emerges as unified kingdom; the war is an example of establishment of balance of power among early modern states, Joan of Arc demonstrates the increasing role of women in politics
- The Crusades: conflict between Islam and Christianity leads to centuries of warfare, diffusion of ideas between Europe and Middle East
- Geography shapes society, urbanization, and centralization strengthened empires
- farming innovations (terraces/Inca, chinampas/Aztec)
Key Vocabulary: medieval, schism, orthodox, feudalism, crop rotation/3-field system
Renaissance Project Description and Rubric - Due 10/13
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