Name ____________________________________________
CHART Chapters 10-13
Theme
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Inner & East Asia 600-1200 CE
Peoples &Civ’s of the Americas
1. Interaction
between
humans and
the
environment.
2. Development
and interaction
of cultures.
3. State-building,
expansion, and
conflict
Chapter 12
Mongol Eurasia & Its Aftermath
Chapter 13
Tropical Asia & Africa 1200-1500 CE
Sui – Grand Canal created to unify China’s 2 major
rivers
Tang – Expansion westward along the Silk Road;
growth of Chang’an
Song – Unified N. & S. Song Dynasties;
Japan –Small area; settled in mountainous area
Vietnam – Settled along Red & Mekong River
Korea – Mountainous; Silla&Koryo
Maya – S. Mexico; Guatemala; Belize;
Tikal/Chichen Itza
Aztec – Central Mexico Tenochitlan/floating
city/military conquests
Inca – S. America/Andes/Cuzco; military
conquests; Inca Trail/roads
Tropical environment (The tropics)
Monsoons & heavy rainfall
Domestication of animals & plants in tropical areas
Construction of irrigation canals & water systems
Abundant minerals (Gold, Iron, Copper)
Trans-Saharan trade route
Indian Ocean trade route
Tang – Influenced by Buddhism because of the
success of the Silk Road & Emperor adoption;
Confucianism ok
Song – Neo-Confucianism; Buddhism influence
decreases; astronomical clock; movable type;
gunpowder; paper $$$; junk; Going Upriver at
the Qingming Festival
Japan – The Tale of Genji (Murasaki) & The
Pillowbook Diaries (SeiShonagon)
ALL 3 Polytheistic
Maya – Religious sacrifices; Quetzalcoatl; Religion
& astrology linked; develop a calendar system;
predict the movement of the planets; 3 level
cosmos; pyramids; Mayan ballgame
Aztec –Religious sacrifices of conquered people;
Huitzilopochtli/Tlaloc; pyramids
Inca – Inti (Sun god); emperor (Son of the Sun);
Temple of the Sun; Sacrifice of animals/textiles;
Maya – Tikal (capital); rulers served as priests;
central govt., military conquest & battles
important
Aztec –Tenochitlan (capital); tribute system
imposed on conquered people & keeps empire
stable; military expansion; central govt.,
warrior-based
Inca –Cuzco (capital); expansion thru military
conquest; central govt; bureaucracy; ayllu
Spread of Islam – through Islamic merchants (TransSaharan trade; the Hajj; Mansa Musa’s Hajj;
Timbuktu; Ibn Battuta; SE Asia)
Spread of Christianity – Ethiopia (steles) – Coptic
Christianity
Important technology – Camel Saddle; Indian Ocean
Dhow; building of Great Zimbabwe; writings &
travels of Ibn Battuta; Benin Bronzes; Timbuktu
Mosque; Church of St. George
W. Africa – Kings (Mansa Musa/Sundiata in Mali)
turned into Islamic states
Swahili Coast – Great Zimbabwe (Stone Enclosures;
city-states)
Delhi Sultanate – Islamic-run state in India; led by
kings/sultans; Raziya (only female leader); foreign
rulers/alien status; alienated Hindu customs, but
eventually allowed Hindus in their administration
Maya – elevated fields/terraces for agriculture;
conquered peoples  public work projects
Aztec – Chinampas (Floating Gardens);
Tenochitlan markets for trading and selling of
goods/food; Tribute System, Tribute System!!!
$$$-less economy, barter system preferred
Inca – Terraced fields on hill/mountainsides;
canals; waru-waru farming system; potatoes;
Tribute system; Inca Trail/Roads unified trade;
trade controlled by govt.; Quechua language
Maya –King  Priests  Merchants/Artisans
 Peasants/Workers
Aztec – King  Priests/Warriors 
Merchants/Artisans  Peasants
Inca – King  Priests  Warriors 
Merchants/Artisans  Peasants;
Chosen Women of the Emperor or Virgins of the
Sun – servants of the Incan Emperor
Africa (Trans-Saharan trade – used by Ibn Battuta; items
traded heavily were gold & salt; link of trade between
Great Zimbabwe & Saharan traders; major cities along
trade routes, i.e. Timbuktu; Gold & Salt trade make
Ghana & Mali powerful; trade ran from N to S & viceversa; Swahili & Indian Ocean trade – use of the
Arab Dhow; trade relations between India & China)
Indian Ocean Trade (linked Africa, India & China; allows
for spread of Buddhism & Islam into SE Asia; used by
Ibn Battuta
Tang – Emperor Li Shimin& Empress Wu
Zhao; Buddhism influenced; conflict
between Buddhism & Confucianism; An
Lushan Rebellion
Song – Neo-Confucianism; Civil-service exam
perfected
Japan – Feudal System;
Fujiwara/KamakaraShogunate; Kamikaze
winds def. Mongols
4. Creation,
expansion and
interaction of
economic
systems
Sui – Grand Canal expands trade within China;
tributary system
Tang – Silk Road; spread of Buddhism; Xuanzhang
travels between China & India
Song – Tributary system; “Flying Money”/Paper
$$$; Going Upriver at the Qingming Festival;
Chinese internal economy & trade thrives; trade
or share knowledge of gunpowder to M.
East/Persia; Economic growth; urban growth;
Vietnam –Champa Rice given as tribute to Song
5. Development
and
transformation
of social
structures
Tang/Song – Patriarchal; subordination of women;
footbinding to upper class women; women could
be educated; women’s property passed on to her
husband; women could not remarry if divorced
or widowed
Japan –The Tale of Genji & The Pillowbook provide
accounts of daily life in the court & demonstrates
learning of women; Samurai; Women only
allowed to communicate in Japanese, not
Chinese; Men both languages
High percentage of slavery in Africa, Asia, & India
Patriarchal society placed women as inferior to men
Indian upper-caste (class) women practiced SATI
(throwing yourself on deceased husbands burning body
Overall, female status based on her male master (father,
husband, or owner); women not permitted to play roles
in commerce/trade, administration or religion
Expectation for women – farming, child rearing, cooking,
spinning.
Islam helped social status of women; others became slaves
or concubines
Name: _________________________________ Period: _____
Unit 3 (600-1450 CE)
Chapters 10-13
I.
Interaction between humans and the environment
o Migration
o Patterns of settlement
o Technology
o Demography and disease
II.
Development and interaction of cultures
o Religion
o Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
o Science and technology
o The arts and architecture
III.
State-building, expansion, and conflict
o Political structures and forms of governance
o Empires
o Nations and Nationalism
o Revolts and Revolution
o Regional, transregional, and global structures and
organizations
AP Themes Chart
Ch. 10
Inner & East Asia 600-1200 CE
 Tang, Song, Korea and Japan
Ch. 11
Peoples & Civilizations of the Americas
Ch. 12
Mongol Eurasia & Its Aftermath 1200-1500 CE
IV. Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
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 Maya, Aztec, and Inca
 Genghis Khan, The Rise of the Mongols, Yuan and Ming
Ch. 13
Tropical Asia & Africa 1200-1500 CE
 Mansa Musa, Indian Ocean Trade, Islamic Africa
V.
Agriculture and pastoral production
Trade and commerce
Labor systems
Industrialization
Capitalism and socialism
Development and transformation of social structures
o Gender roles and relations
o Family and kinship
o Racial and ethnic constructions
o Social and economic classes