Transcript Comparing Medieval Civilizations

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Comparing Medieval Civilizations
Islamic
Civilization
398-399
Where did
these
civilizations
develop?
Arabia
Stretched
from North
Africa to
central Asia
China in
the Middle
Ages
562-563
Medieval
Africa
562-563
Medieval
Japan
562-563
Medieval
Europe
562-563
Mainland
of East
Asia
West
Africa;
Southern
Africa;
East Africa
Islands off
coast of
East Asia
NW Europe
and
Mediterranean
areas
Medieval
Americas
574-581
Mexico
Central
America
Peru
Mississippi
Valley
Islamic
China - Tang
China - Mongol
Africa
Europe
Europe
Americas
Islamic
Civilization
398-399
Who were
some
important
people in
these
civilizations?
China in the
Middle Ages
562-563
Medieval
Africa
562-563
Medieval
Japan
562-563
Medieval
Europe
562-563
Medieval
Americas
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Mohammed
Taizong
Ibn Battuta
Prince
Charlemagne
Pachacuti
Omar
Empress
Mansa
William the
Montezuma
Khayyam
Suleiman I
Ibn Khaldun
Wu
Kublai
Khan
Zheng He
Musa
Sunni Ali
Queen
Nzinga
Shotoku
Muraskai
Shikibu
Minamot
Yoritomo
Ashika
Takauji
Conqueror
Thomas
Aquinas
Joan of Arc
Malintzin
Atahualpa
Important People
Islam
Important People
China
Important People
Africa
Important People
Japan
Important People
Europe
Important People
Americas
Where did
most of
the people
live?
Islamic
Civilization
398-399
China in the
Middle Ages
562-563
Desert
Farming
villages
Major cities
included
Makkah and
Baghdad
Farming
villages and
towns along
major rivers
Major cities
such as
Changan
Medieval
Africa
562-563
Farming
villages
Trading
centers,
such as
Timbuktu
and Kilwa
Medieval
Japan
562-563
Medieval
Europe
562-563
Fishing and
faming
villages in
coastal
plains area
Kyoto was
a major city
Farming villages
on estates
located on
plains
Trading centers
in Italy and
Flanders
Medieval
Americas
574-581
Farming
villages and
towns
City-states
like Peten
Cities such
as Cuzco and
Tenochtitlan
Islam – Where did they live?
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Desert
Farming villages
Major cities included Makkah
(Mecca) and Baghdad
China – Where did they live?
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Farming villages and towns along major rivers
Major cities such as Changan
Africa – Where did they live?
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Farming villages
Trading centers, such as Timbuktu
and Kilwa
Japan – Where did they live?
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Fishing and faming villages in coastal
plains area
Kyoto was a major city
Europe – Where did they live?
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Farming villages on estates located
on plains
Trading centers in Italy and Flanders
Americas – Where did they live?
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Farming villages and towns
City-states like Peten
Cities such as Cuzco and
Tenochtitlan
What
were
these
peoples’
beliefs?
Islamic
Civilization
398-399
China in the
Middle Ages
562-563
Belief in on
God (Allah)
Muhammad
is the final
prophet
Major groups:
Sunni and
Shiite
Confucianism
Daoism
Buddhism
1,569,553,739
498,926,356
Medieval
Europe
562-563
Medieval
Africa
562-563
Medieval
Japan
562-563
Traditional
African
religions
Christianity
Islam
Shintoism
Buddhism
Roman Catholic
Ranked order of
priests, bishops,
and arch
bishops
Small numbers
of Jews
Small numbers
of Muslims
See China
2,333,687,792
Medieval
Americas
574-581
Polytheistic
beliefs
Cultures
based on
religious
beliefs
Some human
sacrifice
World Religions CIA Factbook 2009
Other
11%
Jewish
0%
Bahai
0%
Sikh
0%
Buddhist
7%
Christian
Buddhist
Bahai
Atheist
Non-Religious
9% Atheist
2%
Christian
34%
Muslim
23%
Hindu
14%
Muslim
Sikh
Other
Hindu
Jewish
Non-Religious
Islamic
Civilization
398-399
What was
their
government
like?
Muhammad
founds an
Islamic state
(theocracy)
After
Muhammad
leaders called
caliphs held
religious and
political
power
China in the
Middle Ages
562-563
Emperors
ruled with
the help of
scholarofficials
selected by
exams
Medieval
Africa
562-563
Medieval
Japan
562-563
Ruled by
kings, close
advisors,
and local
officials
Emperors
ruled in
name but
power held
by military
leaders
Medieval
Europe
562-563
Medieval
Americas
574-581
Feudal
Mayan cityterritories united states
into kingdoms
Incan empire
with highly
organized
central
government
and society
Aztec military
might
imposed
government
on conquered
territories
What was
their
language and
writing like?
Islamic
Civilization
398-399
China in the
Middle Ages
562-563
Quran written
in Arabic
Arabic was
Arab
Empire’s
official
language
Persian and
Turkish also
spoken
Chinese
symbols or
pictographs,
standing for
objects are
combined to
represent
ideas
(ideographs)
Medieval
Africa
562-563
Medieval
Japan
562-563
Many
languages
and
different
writing
systems
Much
knowledge
passed on
by oral
history
Japanese:
Chinese
characters
standing for
ideas as well
as symbols
also
representing
sounds
(phonics)
Medieval
Europe
562-563
Many
languages
derived from
Latin and
Germanic
Medieval
Americas
574-581
Many
languages
Mayan
glyphs are
symbols or
pictographs
standing for
objects
combined to
represent
ideas and
sound
Aztec derived
from Mayan
Inca no
written
language but
used quipus
(knots)
What
contributions
did they
make?
Islamic
Civilization
398-399
China in the
Middle Ages
562-563
Islam became
a world
religion
Developed
ideas in
medicine,
mathematics,
and banking
Developed
algebra
Developed
game of
chess
Civil service
based on
merit
Invented
moveable
type,
gunpowder,
the
compass,
paper, and
paper money
Medieval
Africa
562-563
Medieval
Japan
562-563
Medieval
Europe
562-563
Produced
tradition of
storytelling,
dance,
music, and
sculpture
Traded in
salt which
was worth
its weight
in gold
Developed
ideas based
on harmony
with nature
Produced
martial arts
Developed
universities and
representative
governments
Medieval
Americas
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Developed
many crops
that make up
food staples
for the world
today—
potatoes,
tomatoes,
chilies, corn
Mayans
created a
complex and
accurate
calendar
Islamic
Civilization
398-399
How do the
changes they
made affect
you today?
Islam is a
major religion
today
Use of
algebra
Chess
We have
hospitals
because of
Islamic
medical
practices
from the
middle ages
Check-writing
and banking
practices
China in the
Middle Ages
562-563
Use of
gunpowder
in weapons
and
fireworks,
the use of
the
compass,
books
printed with
moveable
type,
Paper
Paper
money
Medieval
Africa
562-563
Medieval
Japan
562-563
Medieval
Europe
562-563
The
musical
traditions
that led to
jazz, rap,
gospel, and
reggae
music
come from
medieval
Africa
Martial arts
skills such
as judo and
karate
Medieval
Europeans
passed on
Christian ideas
and the idea
that all people
should be
Christian
They developed
a system of
trade and
banking
The idea of
representative
government
was passed on
Medieval
Americas
574-581
The
Columbian
Exchange
influences
how we eat,
what we
grow, and
how we live.
Native
peoples
mixed with
Europeans
creating a
very diverse
society.