I will give you a hard copy in class this week. However you may want to get started on the assignments before the due dates are here...please do your outline in Cornell style.
Name____________________________________ WHAP
Assignments:
600 CE -1450 CE (Period 3)
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Assignments
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Due Date
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1A
1B
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Read and complete chart on
Post-Classical/Big Changes and Continuity
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Read and Outline pages 117-143 and
answer the following questions:
o How
did the environment of Arabia impact the social organization and lifestyle of
the Bedouin?
o What
role did Mecca play in Arabia?
o What
was the role of women and marriage in Arabia?
o What
events led to the fall of the Umayyads?
o What
did the new religion of Islam offer to the divided people of Arabia?
o How
did surrounding empires react to Islam?
o How
did the Umayyads rise to power again?
What was life like under their rule? (p 130-132)
o What
caused the Umayyad decline and fall?
o What
are the characteristics of the Abbasid Era?
o What
were the achievements of the Islamic world?
o How
would you describe the role of women in the “Islamic World” compared to women
in other contemporary societies? (132-134)
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1A=in class
1B--10/6
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Read and Outline pages 145-168 and
answer the following questions:
o What
were the causes for the weaknesses of the later Abbasid Empire?
o How
would you describe the role of women in the Abbasid Empire?
o How
did the Abbasids keep alive the ideas of many ancient Greek and Roman
writers?
o Describe
how Islam spread to South Asia?
o Describe
how Islam spread to Southeast Asia.
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10/7
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Read and Outline pages 171-191 and
answer the following questions:
o What
are “stateless” societies? Problems
with stateless societies?
o What
were the common elements in African societies?
o How
did Islam spread into Africa?
o What
were the Christian kingdoms? How did
they interact with Muslims?
o What
were the Sudanic states and how were they organized?
o How
did Islam and the beliefs of indigenous societies fuse among African people?
o What
was the connection between East Africa and Islam?
o Where
did cultures in Africa develop that were NOT impacted by Islam? What was the nature of their organization?
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Read and Outline pages 263-286 and
answer the following questions:
o How
did the Sui and Tang dynasties reestablish a centralized empire in China?
o How
did the Tang govern their empire and why did they use these
institutions/methods?
o Describe
the reasons for the Decline of the Tang Dynasty?
o To
what extent was the Song Dynasty weaker than the Tang and how did the Song
dynasty attempt to solve the problems they faced?
o What
was the Chinese commercial revolution.
o How
did the status of women change during the Tang-Song era and describe the
status of women.
o What
was the impact of the Tang-Song era on Chinese history?
o Describe
the innovations that were made during the Tang-Song era?
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week of 10/10-10/14
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Read and Outline pages 193-210 and
answer the following questions:
o What
were the origins of the Byzantine Empire (BE)?
o What
groups threatened the survival of the BE and how was the BE able to survive?
o Describe
the split that occurred between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic
Churches and How did it impact the BE and European civilizations?
o Describe
the Russian state in Kiev and the important Russian institutions.
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Read and Outline pages 213-236 and
answer the following questions:
o What
characteristics define the postclassical time period in Western Europe?
o Define
feudalism and manorialism.
o How
did Western Europe recover politically and economically in the ninth and
tenth century?
o Describe
the political units of Western Europe between 1000 and 1400 and theology
during the Middle Ages.
o What
were the crises of the later Middle Ages?
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10/17
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Read and Outline pages 289-312 and
answer the following questions:
o How
did Chinese culture influence the three earlier periods of Japanese history
(Taika, Nara, Heian)?
o Describe
the Taika reforms and why did they fail?
o Why
was there a decline in the imperial power in Japan and a rise of the
Shoguns? (Make sure you address the
warrior elites and the growing isolation of the imperial court)
o How
does court life in the Heian period compare to European court life (use your
notes from Europe)?
o Describe
the Bakufu Period/Age.
o What
was the relationship between Korea and China?
o How
was Vietnam able to remain independent in China?
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10/26
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Due Date
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Read and Outline pages 315-337 and
answer the following questions:
o Describe
Mongol culture and society.
o How
did Chinggis Khan rise to power?
o Why
did the Mongols adopt a strategy of “terror”?
o How
were the Mongols able to conquer northern China under Chinggis Khan?
o How
and why did the empire divide after Chinggis’ death?
o Describe
the Mongol attack on Europe.
o How
did the Mongols govern their empire and the people?
o How
did Mongol rule influence Europe, the Islamic world, and China (Be Specific)?
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10/19
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9
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10
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Read and Outline pages 239-260 and
answer the following questions:
o How
were the Aztecs and Incas influenced by earlier societies?
o How
did the Aztecs organize their agricultural sector?
o What
are some problems faced by the Aztecs?
o How
did the Incas overcome their geographic problems of their empire?
o Describe
the social organization within Andean society?
o Compare
and contrast Andean and Mesoamerican civilizations.
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10/21
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Read and Outline pages 339-352 and
answer the following questions:
o Why
was the Islamic Empire/society in decline?
o What
was China’s involvement in international trade? Why did they later decide to isolate
themselves from the West?
o What
were the reasons for the “Rise of the West”? And, How did the Renaissance
affect European thought and the “Rise”?
o What
groups of Europeans were involved in early exploration? And, how were they
involved, what were the reasons for these explorations and why where they
successful/failed?
o Describe
the Migrations of the Polynesians and why did the migration occur?
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12
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Migrations Assignment
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13
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Essay
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14
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