PostClassicalCheatSheet

Human/EnvironmentalInteraction
BubonicPlague
FirstoccurredinChinaaround1330CE,spreadtoEuropeby1347CE
MassivedeathtollinWesternEurope,butledtosocialandeconomicgrowth:higher
wages(duetoscarcityoflabor),weakenedfeudalism,moreindividualfreedoms,new
industries
NewChinesetechnology
Gunpowder,compass,papermoney
Development&InteractionofCulture
TheGreatSchism(1054CE)
Christianitysplitduetodisagreementoverpractices,particularlyiconographyandthe
clergyscelibacy
ResultsinCatholicandOrthodoxchurches
TheCrusades
FirstCrusade:PopeUrbanIIcallsChristianstotakebackJerusalem
GeneralgoaltoprotectHolyLandfromMuslims
TheInquisition
IsabellaandFerdinandofSpainjoinforceswiththeCatholicChurch
EndoftolerationCatholicsstartkillingMuslimsandJews
OriginofIslam(610CE)
MohammadreceivesrevelationfromangelGabrielin,Islambegins
Bothpoliticalandreligiousmovementcaliphleadsstateandthebodyofbelievers
ShiaandSunnisplitoverwhoshouldsucceedMohammadascaliphShiabelievecaliph
shouldbeadescendantofMohammad(supportedAli),Sunnibelievecaliphshouldbe
chosenfrombodyofbelievers
Islambringsupstatusofwomen,endsfemaleinfanticide
MuslimsfollowSharialaw
Sufis,Islamicmysticswhofunctionedasmissionaries
AbbasidCaliphateandByzantineEmpirepreservedwesternculture
RussiabecameOrthodoxduetoByzantinemissionaries,CyrilandMethodiusandtheyhelped
bycreatingtheCyrillicalphabet.
SignificationinJapan,Vietnam,andKoreaspreadofChineseculture
JapaneventuallymovedawayfromChinaandstarteddevelopingtheirownculturewith
literatureandpoetry.
StateBuilding,Expansion,andConflict
MagnaCarta(1215CE)
Createdparliament,whichhadtoapprovechangesintaxation
NOTademocraticsystem
IslamicEmpire
UmayyadCaliphate
Enlargedempire
IntensifiedconflictwiththeByzantineandPersianEmpires
AbbasidCaliphate
MamelukuprisingandcivilwarledtodeclinefelltotheMongols
JapanadoptedChinesebureaucracy,butemphasizedfamilylineage,noteducation
Creation,Expansion,andInteractionofEconomicSystems
EuropeanEconomicRevival
AsEuropeanserfsbecamemoreskilled,theychippedawayatfeudalstructure
Formationofguilds,suchastheHanseaticLeague
AbbasidCaliphatebuiltontradeandmanufacturing
YuanDynastyreopenedthesilkroadsandpromotedtrade
DevelopmentandTransformationofSocialStructures
IntheByzantineEmpire,womencouldleadasempress
Justinianallowedhiswife,Theodora,torule
ChinaremainedhighlypatriarchalduetoConfucianphilosophy
Footbindingbecameprominentamongnoblewomen,butneverspreadtothepeasants
duetotheneedforwomentowork
IslamstatedwomenwereequalintheeyesofAllah
WhileIslamstatedWomenwereequalinAllahseyesandMuhammadpromoted
woman'sright,butislamicsocietywasstillpatriarchal
Womangainedinfluenceinthehouse.