HIST 11051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Niger River, Han Dynasty, Teotihuacan
28 Apr 2019
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Between 200-850 ce many of the classical states and civilizations of the world experienced severe disruption, decline or collapse: Each of the twc were culturally unique, but like their predecessors, they featured states, cities, specialized economic roles, sharp class and gender distinctions. All of them borrowed heavily from their predecessors. One of the largest twc = islam. Began in arabia 7th century ce projecting arab peoples into a prominent role of builders of an enormous empire all while offering a new religion. Egypt, mesopotamia, persia, india, interior west africa, coast of east africa, Came closer than any other civ to unite all mankind under its ideals. Older/classical civilizations that persisted or were reconstructed. Byzantine empire (e of the old re) continued the patterns of mediterranean. Christian civilization and persisted until 1453. (was overrun by turks) China sui, tang, and song dynasties restored china"s imperial unity and. Indian civ retained its ancient patterns of caste and hinduism amid vast cultural diversity.
