SPICE Chart AP World History Culture/Civilization: The Abbasid Empire Social Structures Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes (Political)StateBuilding, Expansion and Conflict Political structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations Interaction Between Humans and the Environment Demography and Date: 11/6/14 Peasants bore the burden of huge costs for maintaining the court and imperial administration Too many taxes and stealing from wealthier provinces led to the abandonment of many villages The harem and the view became the two symbols of women’s increasing subjugation to men and confinement to the home in the Abbasid era; women were often enslaved and forced to exist in only some parts of the royal palace Wealthy women were kept at home Abbasid empire was crumbling from within because rival dynasties arose to challenge Abbasid power. Nomads also threatened including Mongols and Berbers The Sunni-Shi’a divide and succession problems led to internal conflict By the 10th century, independent kingdoms had developed and Baghdad was lost; the Buyids and Seljuk Turks took over; defeated the Byzantines Crusades: Christians conquered parts of the holy land, including Jerusalem Monsoon winds alternated between flows to the sea or land according to the time of the year in the India Ocean disease Migration Patterns of settlement Technology Cultures Religions Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies Science and technology The arts and architecture Dhows supported Muslim and Sufi holy men Mass conversions of conquered peoples to the religion of Islam were mainly due to the efforts of missionaries – people who traveled in dhows and spread the faith Arabic language, advanced technologies such as water pumps and windmills, science, law and philosophy were also transported by dhows Crusades intensified European borrowing from the Muslim world (i.e. weapons, building fortifications, recovered Greek learning, rugs, textiles More Muslim influences: Persian and Arabic words, games such as chess, chivalric ideals and troubadour ballads, food such as dates, coffee and yogurt; Muslims showed little interest in learning from the West Dhows – sailing vessels found from the Mediterranean to the Economic Systems Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism and socialism Indian Ocean; really fast, triangular sail allowed them to tack against the wind Dhows transported goods Civil violence led to great economics costs for the Abbasids Slave trade: slaves captured and purchased in the non-Muslim regions surrounding the empire, including the Balkans, central Asia, and Sudanic Africa SPICE Chart AP World History Culture/Civilization: Social Structures Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes (Political)StateBuilding, Expansion and Conflict Political structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations Interaction Between Humans and the Environment Demography and disease Migration Patterns of settlement Technology Cultures Religions Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies Science and technology Han Dynasty Date: The arts and architecture Economic Systems Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism and socialism SPICE Chart AP World History Culture/Civilization: Social Structures Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes (Political)StateBuilding, Expansion and Conflict Political structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations Interaction Between Humans and the Environment Demography and disease Migration Patterns of settlement Technology Cultures Religions Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies Science and technology Mauryan Dynasty Date: The arts and architecture Economic Systems Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism and socialism SPICE Chart AP World History Culture/Civilization: Social Structures Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes (Political)StateBuilding, Expansion and Conflict Political structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations Interaction Between Humans and the Environment Demography and disease Migration Patterns of settlement Technology Cultures Religions Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies Science and technology Gupta Dynasty Date: The arts and architecture Economic Systems Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism and socialism SPICE Chart AP World History Culture/Civilization: Social Structures Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes (Political)StateBuilding, Expansion and Conflict Political structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations Interaction Between Humans and the Environment Demography and disease Migration Patterns of settlement Technology Cultures Religions Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies Science and technology Greek city-states Date: The arts and architecture Economic Systems Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism and socialism SPICE Chart AP World History Culture/Civilization: Social Structures Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes (Political)StateBuilding, Expansion and Conflict Political structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations Interaction Between Humans and the Environment Demography and disease Migration Patterns of settlement Technology Cultures Religions Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies Science and technology Hellenistic Empire Date: The arts and architecture Economic Systems Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism and socialism SPICE Chart AP World History Culture/Civilization: Social Structures Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes (Political)StateBuilding, Expansion and Conflict Political structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations Interaction Between Humans and the Environment Demography and disease Migration Patterns of settlement Technology Cultures Religions Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies Science and technology Roman Empire Date: The arts and architecture Economic Systems Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism and socialism SPICE Chart AP World History Culture/Civilization: Social Structures Gender roles and relations Family and kinship Racial and ethnic constructions Social and economic classes (Political)StateBuilding, Expansion and Conflict Political structures and forms of governance Empires Nations and nationalism Revolts and revolutions Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations Interaction Between Humans and the Environment Demography and disease Migration Patterns of settlement Technology Cultures Religions Belief systems, philosophies and ideologies Science and technology The Maya Date: The arts and architecture Economic Systems Agricultural and pastoral production Trade and commerce Labor systems Industrialization Capitalism and socialism