Key Concept 3.2: Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions Empires collapsed and were reconstituted; in some regions new state forms emerged. Following the collapse of empires, most reconstituted governments, including the Byzantine Empire and the Chinese dynasties (Sui, Tang, and Song) combined traditional sources of power and legitimacy with innovations better suited to the specific local context. EXAMPLES OF TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF POWER AND LEGITIMACY AND INNOVATIONS - KNOW ONE of each: Patriarchy Religion Land-owning elites New methods of taxation Tributary systems Adaptation of religious institutions. In some places, new forms of governance emerged, including those developed in various Islamic states, the Mongol Khanates, city-states, and decentralized government (feudalism) in Europe and Japan. EXAMPLES OF ISLAMIC STATES - KNOW ONE: Abbasids Muslim Iberia Delhi Sultanates EXAMPLES OF CITY-STATES - KNOW ONE: In the Italian peninsula In East Africa In Southeast Asia In the Americas Some states synthesized local and borrowed traditions. EXAMPLES OF LOCAL AND BORROWED TRADITIONS - KNOW ONE: Persian traditions that influenced Islamic states Chinese traditions that influenced states in Japan In the Americas, as in Afro-Eurasia, systems expanded in scope and reach: Networks of city-states flourished in the Maya region and, at the end of this period, imperial systems were created by the Mexica (AZTECS) and Inca. Interregional contacts and conflicts between states & empires encouraged significant technological and cultural transfers, including transfers across the Mongol empires, transfers during the Crusades, and transfers during Chinese maritime activity led by Ming Admiral He. EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL TRANSFERS - KNOW TWO: Paper-making techniques between Tang China and the Abbasids Gunpowder during the Mongol Empire Neoconfucianism from China to Korea and Japan Key Concept 3.3: Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences
Key Concept 3.2: Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions Empires collapsed and were reconstituted; in some regions new state forms emerged. Following the collapse of empires, most reconstituted governments, including the Byzantine Empire and the Chinese dynasties (Sui, Tang, and Song) combined traditional sources of power and legitimacy with innovations better suited to the specific local context. EXAMPLES OF TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF POWER AND LEGITIMACY AND INNOVATIONS - KNOW ONE of each: Patriarchy Religion Land-owning elites New methods of taxation Tributary systems Adaptation of religious institutions. In some places, new forms of governance emerged, including those developed in various Islamic states, the Mongol Khanates, city-states, and decentralized government (feudalism) in Europe and Japan. EXAMPLES OF ISLAMIC STATES - KNOW ONE: Abbasids Muslim Iberia Delhi Sultanates EXAMPLES OF CITY-STATES - KNOW ONE: In the Italian peninsula In East Africa In Southeast Asia In the Americas Some states synthesized local and borrowed traditions. EXAMPLES OF LOCAL AND BORROWED TRADITIONS - KNOW ONE: Persian traditions that influenced Islamic states Chinese traditions that influenced states in Japan In the Americas, as in Afro-Eurasia, systems expanded in scope and reach: Networks of city-states flourished in the Maya region and, at the end of this period, imperial systems were created by the Mexica (AZTECS) and Inca. Interregional contacts and conflicts between states & empires encouraged significant technological and cultural transfers, including transfers across the Mongol empires, transfers during the Crusades, and transfers during Chinese maritime activity led by Ming Admiral He. EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL TRANSFERS - KNOW TWO: Paper-making techniques between Tang China and the Abbasids Gunpowder during the Mongol Empire Neoconfucianism from China to Korea and Japan Key Concept 3.3: Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences
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