Unit III: Regional and Trans-regional Interactions c. 600 C.E. to c. 1450
By the end of this unit, you will understand the following Key Concepts:
3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks
A. Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade,
and expanded the geographical range of existing and newly active trade networks.
B. The movement of peoples caused environmental and linguistic effects.
C. Cross-cultural exchanges were fostered by the intensification of existing, or the creation of new,
networks of trade and communication.
D. There was continued diffusion of crops and pathogens throughout the Eastern Hemisphere along the
trade routes.
3.2 Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and their Interactions
A. Empires collapsed and were reconstituted; in some regions new state forms emerged.
B. Interregional contacts and conflicts between states and empires encouraged significant technological
and cultural transfers.
3.3 Increased Economic Productive Capacity and its Consequences
A. Innovations stimulated agricultural and industrial production in many regions.
DAY 1
Sept 29/30
Topic
Framing the Period
DAY 2
Oct. 01/02
Topic
Greco-Roman and Early
Persia Review /
Byzantine Empire and
Sassanid Persia
Classroom Activities
Classroom Activities
1. Review Units I
and II Exam –
Multiple Choice
2. Lecture:
Questions of
Periodization
Homework
1. Read handout
Revival in the
East: Byzantines,
Sassanian
Persians, and
Arabs AND
complete the
Comparison
Chart (due
NEXT CLASS –
Oct. 01/02)
2. Read Chapter 7
and take online
quiz (due Oct.
05/06 by 8am)
3. Read Wood
Chapter 9 on
VISION and take
online quiz (due
Oct. 09/13 by
8am)
4. Complete Ibn
Battuta Project
(due Oct. 15 by
4pm for ALL
students)
1. Continue Lecture:
Questions of
Periodization
2. Comparing Sassanid
Persia and the
Byzantine Empire
Quiz
3. Comparing Sassanid
Persia and the
Byzantine Empire
Homework
1. Read Chapter 7 and
take online quiz (due
NEXT CLASS –
Oct. 05/06 by 8am)
2. Read Wood Chapter
9 on VISION and
take online quiz (due
Oct. 09/13 by 8am)
3. Complete Ibn
Battuta Project
(due Oct. 15 by
4pm for ALL
students)
4. Read Chapter 12
and prepare for inclass Guided
Reading quiz (due
Oct. 15/16 – B-A
day switch)
5. Read Bubonic
Plague article and
prepare for in-class
quiz (due Oct. 15/16
– B-A day switch)
DAY 3
Oct. 05/06
Topic
The Rise and
Spread of Islam
DAY 4
Oct. 07/08
Topic
The Rise and Spread
of Islam / Islamic
Contributions
DAY 5
Oct. 09/13
Topic
Sub-Saharan Africa /
South Asia /
South East Asia
Classroom
Activities
1. Lecture: Islam
Classroom Activities
Classroom Activities
1. Finish Lecture:
Islam
2. Activity: The
Contributions of
Islam
1. The Spread of
Islam Case
Study: India,
Anatolia, West
Africa, and Spain
Homework
1. Read Wood
Chapter 9 on
VISION and take
online quiz (due
NEXT CLASS –
Oct. 09/13 by
8am)
2. Complete Ibn
Battuta Project
(due Oct. 15 by
4pm for ALL
students)
3. Read Chapter 12
and prepare for
in-class Guided
Reading quiz
(due Oct. 15/16 –
B-A day switch)
4. Read Bubonic
Plague article and
prepare for inclass quiz (due
Oct. 15/16 –
B-A day switch)
Homework
1. Complete Ibn
Battuta Project
(due Oct. 15 by
4pm for ALL
students)
2. Read Chapter 12
and prepare for
in-class Guided
Reading quiz
(due Oct. 15/16 –
B-A day switch)
3. Read Bubonic
Plague article and
prepare for inclass quiz (due
Oct. 15/16 –
B-A day switch)
4. Read The
Americas online
lecture AND read
Chapter 6 –
Prepare for
Socratic Seminar
(due Oct. 19/20)
5. Begin studying
for your Unit III
– Part I Exam (on
Oct. 21/22)
***Covering
Islam through the
Americas***
Homework
1. Read Wood
Chapter 9 on
VISION and
take online
quiz (due Oct.
09/13 by 8am)
2. Complete Ibn
Battuta
Project (due
Oct. 15 by
4pm for ALL
students)
3. Read Chapter
12 and prepare
for in-class
Guided
Reading quiz
(due Oct.
15/16 – B-A
day switch)
4. Read Bubonic
Plague article
and prepare
for in-class
quiz (due Oct.
15/16 –
B-A day
switch)
DAY 6
Oct. 14 – A-DAY
Topic
PSAT
Classroom Activities
1. PSAT Day
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
DAY 7
Oct. 15/16 (B-A)
Topic
Medieval Europe
Classroom Activities
DAY 8
Oct. 19/20
Topic
The Americas
Classroom
Activities
1. Socratic
Seminar: The
Americas
1. Quiz: Chapter 12
Guided Reading and
Bubonic Plague
Article
2. Lecture: Sources of
Vitality in the PostClassical West
(Medieval Europe)
3. Discussion: The
Bubonic Plague
Reading
Homework
Homework
Homework
1. Read The Americas 1. Begin
Complete Ibn
online lecture AND
studying for
Battuta Project
read Chapter 6 –
your Unit III –
(due NEXT
Prepare for Socratic
Part I Exam
DAY Oct 15th
Seminar (due NEXT
(NEXT
by 4pm for ALL
CLASS Oct. 19/20)
CLASS on
students)
Read Chapter 12 2. Begin studying for
Oct. 21/22)
and prepare for
your Unit III – Part I
***Covering
in-class Guided
Exam (on Oct.
Islam through
Reading quiz
21/22) ***Covering
the
(due NEXT
Islam through the
Americas***
CLASS Oct.
Americas***
2. Read Wood
15/16 – B-A day 3. Read Wood Chapter
Chapter 8 on
switch)
8 on VISION and
VISION and
Read Bubonic
take online quiz (due
take online
Plague article and
Oct. 27/28 by 8am)
quiz (due Oct.
prepare for in4. Read The Noble and
27/28 by 8am)
class quiz (due
Magnificent City of
3. Read The
Noble and
NEXT CLASS
Hangzhou article
Oct. 15/16 –
Magnificent
from my website
B-A day switch)
City of
and prepare for a
Read The
Hangzhou
quiz (due by Oct.
Americas online
article from
29/30)
lecture AND read
my website
Chapter 6 –
and prepare
Prepare for
for a quiz
Socratic Seminar
(due by Oct.
(due Oct. 19/20)
29/30)
Begin studying
for your Unit III
– Part I Exam (on
Oct. 21/22)
***Covering
Islam through the
Americas***
DAY 9
Oct. 21/22
Topic
Unit III – Part I Exam
DAY 10
Oct. 23/26
Topic
Unit III Part I Exam
Review / Unit III
Essay Activity
Classroom Activities Classroom Activities
1. Unit III – Part I
Exam Multiple
Choice
***Covering
Islam through the
Americas***
2. Go over Unit I
and II
Comparative
Essay
1. Go Over Unit III
Part I Exam –
Multiple Choice
2. Unit III Essay
Activity
(complete at
home if
necessary)
Homework
1. Read Wood
Chapter 8 on
VISION and take
online quiz (due
Oct. 27/28 by
8am)
2. Read The Noble
and Magnificent
City of Hangzhou
Homework
1. Complete Unit III
Essay Activity (if
necessary) (due
NEXT CLASS –
Oct. 27/28)
2. Read Wood
Chapter 8 on
VISION and take
online quiz (due
NEXT CLASS –
Oct. 27/28 by
8am)
3. Read The Noble
and Magnificent
City of Hangzhou
article from my
website and
prepare for a
quiz (due by
Oct. 29/30)
article from my
website and
prepare for a
quiz (due by
Oct. 29/30)
DAY 11
Oct. 27/28
Topic
Sui, Tang, and Song
Dynasties of China
DAY 13
Nov. 04/05
Topic
Sinification /
Comparing
Feudalisms
Classroom Activities Classroom Activities Classroom Activities
1. Reading: “The
1. The Noble and
1. Lecture: The
Noble and
Magnificent City
Sinification of
Magnificent City
of Hangzhou
Japan, Korea, and
of Hangzhou”
Reading Quiz
Vietnam
2. Lecture: The
2. Finish Lecture:
2. Comparing
Golden Age of
The Golden Age
Feudalisms:
China
of China
Japan and Europe
Assignment
DAY 14
Nov. 06/09
Topic
The Mongols
Homework
1. Read The Noble
and Magnificent
City of Hangzhou
Homework
1. Study for Unit III
Exam Part II (on
Nov. 16/17)
***Covering
Post-Classical
China to the
Changing
Balance (Rise of
the West)***
article from my
website and
prepare for a
quiz (due
NEXT CLASS
– Oct. 29/30)
2. Study for Unit III
Exam Part II (on
Nov. 18/19)
***Covering
Post-Classical
China to the
Changing
Balance (Rise of
the West)***
Morning Essay
(8 – 8:45am in
Room 314)
DAY 12
Oct. 29/30
Topic
Sui, Tang, and Song
Dynasties of China
Homework
1. Study for Unit III
Exam Part II (on
Nov. 16/17)
***Covering
Post-Classical
China to the
Changing
Balance (Rise of
the West)***
Morning Essay
(8 – 8:45am in
Room 314)
Homework
1. Complete
Comparing
Feudalisms
Activity (due
NEXT CLASS –
Nov. 06/09)
2. Study for Unit III
Exam Part II (on
Nov. 16/17)
***Covering
Post-Classical
China to the
Changing
Balance (Rise of
the West)***
Morning Essay
(8 – 8:45am in
Room 314)
DAY 15
Nov. 10/11
Topic
The Mongols
Classroom Activities Classroom Activities
1. Discuss
1. Finish Lecture:
Comparing
Rise and Fall of
Feudalism
the Mongols
Reading and
Activity
2. Lecture: Rise and
Fall of the
Mongols
Homework
1. Study for Unit III
Exam Part II (on
Nov. 16/17)
***Covering
Post-Classical
China to the
Changing
Balance (Rise of
the West)***
DAY 16
Nov. 12/13
Topic
The West
DAY 17
Nov. 16/17
Topic
Unit III Exam - Part
II
Classroom
Activities
1. Unit III Exam
Part II Multiple
Choice
DAY 18
Nov. 18/19
Topic
Unit III Exam
Review
Classroom
Activities
1. Go Over Unit III
Exam Part II
Multiple Choice
2. Return Unit III
Essay
DAY 19
Nov 20/23/24
Topic
Unit IV Preview
DAY 20
Nov 30/Dec 1 (A-B)
Topic
DBQ
Classroom Activities
Classroom
Activities
1. How to DBQ
2. DBQ Activity
Homework
1. Study for Unit III
Exam Part II
(NEXT CLASS
–Nov. 16/17)
***Covering
Post-Classical
China to the
Changing
Balance (Rise of
the West)***
Homework
1. Read Wood
Chapter 10 on
VISION and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
Dec. 10/11)
Homework
1. Read Wood
Chapter 10 on
VISION and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
Dec. 10/11)
Homework
1. Read Wood
Chapter 10 on
VISION and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
Dec. 10/11)
DAY 21
Dec. 02/03
Topic
DAY 22
Dec. 04 and 07
Topic
DBQ
Classroom Activities
1. DBQ Activity
Classroom Activities
1. Lecture: The
West and the
Changing World
Balance
DBQ
Classroom Activities
1. DBQ Activity
Homework
1. Prepare for your
DBQ Essay (Dec.
08/09)
2. Read Wood
Chapter 10 on
VISION and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
Dec. 10/11)
1. Prepare for your
DBQ Essay
(NEXT CLASS –
Dec. 08/09)
2. Read Wood
Chapter 10 on
VISION and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
Dec. 10/11)
DAY 23
Dec. 08/09
Topic
DBQ
Classroom Activities
1. DBQ Essay
2. Columbian
Exchange Project
Assigned
Homework
1. Read Wood
Chapter 10 on
VISION and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
NEXT CLASS –
Dec. 10/11)
1. Unit IV
Enrichment
Activity - The
Mission film
Homework
1. Prepare for your
DBQ Essay
(Dec. 08/09)
2. Read Wood
Chapter 10 on
VISION and
prepare for an inclass quiz (due
Dec. 10//11)