Unit 3: Developing Regional and Trans-Regional Interaction 600 CE to 1450 CE Strayer Chapters 6 through 11 Essential Questions: Should we study cultural areas or states? Did changes in this period occur from the effects of nomadic migrations or urban growth? Was there a world economic network during this period? CONCEPTS, THEMES, and KEY CONCEPTS: Expansion and Intensification of • Communication and Exchange Networks Improved transportation technologies and • commercial practices lead to increased trade in both volume, types of goods and geographic range Migration, immigration and emigration of • peoples around trade routes causes environmental and linguistic effects including the spread and adaptation of agricultural products, new technologies and the diffusion of languages Existing and new trade and communication • networks, as well as military conquest, foster cross-cultural exchanges. Examples: the spread of ◦ diasporic communities, diffusion of math and science concepts Existing and new diseases such as the • Black Death spread along trade routes, Continuity and Innovation of Forms • and Their Interactions CLASS LECTURES, READINGS, and ASSIGNMENTS and ASSESSMENTS WEEK VIEWINGS WEEK 4 Strayer Chapter 6 and 7 Chapter 6 and 7 Quiz Lectures: Rise of Bantu & European Migrations -Political Institutions in Islamic Activity P.S. from and The Qur’an Hadith of Ali Cogia, A Merchant of -Map Exercise: Muslim Empires and trade in “The Bagdad” world Arabian Nights Al-Basri, to II:Islamic “Letter ‘Umar Asceticism’” -POV analysis: Islam: Empire of Faith Al-Bukhari, The Authentic (Traditions) Ishaq, The Life of the Messenger of God -Islam Artifact Activity Regarding Jihad
Unit 3: Developing Regional and Trans-Regional Interaction 600 CE to 1450 CE Strayer Chapters 6 through 11 Essential Questions: Should we study cultural areas or states? Did changes in this period occur from the effects of nomadic migrations or urban growth? Was there a world economic network during this period? CONCEPTS, THEMES, and KEY CONCEPTS: • Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks • Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices lead to increased trade in both volume, types of goods and geographic range • Migration, immigration and emigration of peoples around trade routes causes environmental and linguistic effects including the spread and adaptation of agricultural products, new technologies and the diffusion of languages • Existing and new trade and communication networks, as well as military conquest, foster cross-cultural exchanges. ◦ Examples: the spread of diasporic communities, diffusion of math and science concepts • Existing and new diseases such as the Black Death spread along trade routes, • Continuity and Innovation of Forms and Their Interactions CLASS WEEK LECTURES, READINGS, and VIEWINGS ASSIGNMENTS and ASSESSMENTS WEEK 4 Strayer Chapter 6 and 7 Lectures: Rise of Bantu & Migrations P.S. from The Qur’an and Hadith “The of Ali Cogia, A Merchant of Bagdad” Arabian Nights Al-Basri, “Letter to ‘Umar II:Islamic Asceticism’” Al-Bukhari, The Authentic (Traditions) Ishaq, The Life of the Messenger of God Regarding Jihad Chapter 6 and 7 Quiz -Political Institutions in Islamic Activity -Map Exercise: Muslim Empires and trade in world -POV analysis: Islam: Empire of Faith -Islam Artifact Activity European
APWH-FINAL-SYLLABUS.docx