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Marco AP World Unit 1

The document provides an overview of developments in various regions of the world from 1200 to 1450 CE. It discusses the Song Dynasty in China, kingdoms in India, Southeast Asian empires like the Khmer Empire. In the Islamic world, it discusses the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate and the rise of new powers. In Europe it discusses the decline of feudalism and rise of absolute monarchs. It also summarizes developments in North and South America and parts of Africa.

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Marco AP World Unit 1

The document provides an overview of developments in various regions of the world from 1200 to 1450 CE. It discusses the Song Dynasty in China, kingdoms in India, Southeast Asian empires like the Khmer Empire. In the Islamic world, it discusses the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate and the rise of new powers. In Europe it discusses the decline of feudalism and rise of absolute monarchs. It also summarizes developments in North and South America and parts of Africa.

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AP® World History Study Guide

UNIT ONE: THE GLOBAL TAPESTRY,


c. 1200 to c. 1450
DEVELOPMENTS IN ASIA
The Song Dynasty in China maintained its rule through long-held cultural traditions based
in Neo-Confucian principles, such as , Buddhism, and a system of

enabled China

expand its regional trade networks.


Although the Chinese economy
grew more commercialized, it
remained dependent on the labor
of the peasant and artisan classes.
In South and Southeast Asia,
societies continued to be
Hinduism,
Buddhism, and . In India,
the Hindu caste system created
and maintained a hierarchy of
power, and various decentralized
kingdoms competed with each Song Dynasty Grain Mill
other until the emergence of
the . Mainland Southeast Asia was dominated by the
, which had its capital at the Hindu-turned-Buddhist temple complex
Wat. However, many small trading states arose on islands across Southeast Asia, like the
Majapahit, a Hindu-Buddhist empire of 98 tributary cities centered on the island of Java.

DEVELOPMENTS IN DAR AL-ISLAM


The three largest (Judaism,
, and Islam) continued to have immense
impact upon societies in Africa and Asia. As the Abbasid
began to decline, new Muslim powers
emerged in the world of Dar al-Islam and expanded

by means of military excursion, trade, and missionary


work. The medieval Muslim world was dominated by
the and the who ruled
the declining
states within Dar al-Islam fostered intellectual activity
such as advances in mathematics and medicine and
the preservation of from classical
antiquity.

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AP® Unit One

THE GLOBAL TAPESTRY, c. 1200 to c. 1450

DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE

and fragmented into smaller kingdoms or regions; led to distinct social and
economic hierarchies, with lords,
vassals, knights, and serfs each having
particular roles. was
the dominant system of organizing
rural economies and often made use

Absolute monarchs were developing


more sophisticated forms of
government, such as the British

General, while still asserting their


Divine Right to rule.
Reeve and Serfs

STATE BUILDING IN THE AMERICAS AND AFRICA


The Americas largely showed continuity in the 13th–15th centuries. Much of North, Central, and
South America was tribal and clan-based, but more well-organized political systems existed.
In North America, the cultures exhibited great regional variation; most tribes
in
Mexico thrived in large city-states such as its capital, , which had impressive
architectural monuments and networks of trade. Although they had no written alphabet, the
Aztec had a complex system of through which they recorded historical events. In
the Andes mountains of South America, the developed a united monarchy and
a powerful military, thriving during the century leading up to the .
Africa, like the Americas, was
primarily tribal and clan-based. In
the west, the wealthy
produced leaders such as Mansa
Musa
mosques and a library at
. The regions along
the east coast of the continent
were united by the arrival of Arab
traders, whose language mixed
with the native Bantu to create
, and merchants traveled
throughout Africa and beyond
using the trans-Saharan trade
routes as well as Indian Ocean
maritime routes.

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