John P. McKay ● Bennett D. Hill ● John Buckler
Patricia Buckley Ebrey ● Roger B. Beck
Clare Haru Crowston ● Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
A History of World Societies
Ninth Edition
CHAPTER 12
Cultural Exchange in Central
and Southern Asia, to 1400
Copyright © 2011 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
I. Central Asian Nomads
A. Nomadic Society
1. Conflicts
2. Political confederations
B. The Turks
1. Western Turks
2. Eastern Turks
3. Mongolian Turks
4. Central Asian Turks
I. Central Asian Nomads
C. The Mongols
1. Eastern nomadic groups
D. Mongol Daily Life
1. Accommodations
2. Diet
3. Gender roles
4. Mongol youth
II. Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire
A. The Chinggis Khan
1. Temujin
2. Great Ruler
3. Conquest
B. Chinggis’s Successors
1. Ögödei
2. Khubilai Khan
II. Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire
C. The Mongols as Rulers
1. Spoils of war
2. Tax-farming
3. Resistance
4. Tamerlane
III. East-West Communication During the
Mongol Era
A. The Movement of Peoples
1. Rashid al-Din
2. Religious influences
3. William of Rubruck
4. Marco Polo
B. The Spread of Disease, Goods, and Ideas
1. Bubonic plague
2. Trade growth
3. Intellectual thought
IV. India, Islam, and the Development of
Regional Cultures, 300–1400
A. The Gupta Empire, ca. 320–480
1. Establishment
2. Administrative system
3. Gupta culture
4. Huns
IV. India, Islam, and the Development of
Regional Cultures, 300–1400
B. India’s Medieval Age and the First Encounter with Islam
1. Political division
2. Turk conquerors
3. Caste system conflicts
IV. India, Islam, and the Development of
Regional Cultures, 300–1400
C. The Delhi Sultanate
1. Origination
2. Timur
D. Life in Medieval India
1. Agriculture
2. Crafts and trades
3. Kamasutra
4. Gender issues
5. Sati
V. Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the
Growth of Maritime Trade
A. State Formation and Indian Influences
1. Funan
2. Thai tribes
3. Khmer Empire
V. Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the
Growth of Maritime Trade
B. The Srivijaya Maritime Trade Empire
1. Origination
2. Chola invasion
3. Buddhism
V. Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the
Growth of Maritime Trade
C. The Spread of Indian Culture in Comparative Perspective
1. Lacking bureaucratic outreach
2. Trade networks
D. The Settlement of the Pacific Islands
1. Polynesians
2. Remote island cultures
3. Deforestation