Key terms, ideas, and names
Chengiz Khan Kubla Khan Mongol siege of Caffa (I’ll talk about this in class Tuesday May 3rd) 1276 (Hangzhou fell to the Mongols) 1258 (Baghdad fell to the Mongols) Shamanism (Mongols) Causes of Mongol military expansion Karakorum Daguan (on Khmer women) Marco Polo on Hangzhou Chola Kingdom Vijavanagar kingdom Brahmins; Kshatriyas; Vaishyas; Shudras; Dalits (the Untouchables) Sultanate of Delhi Bakhti Movement Dhows and Junks "Indian Poetry After Islam”: Main mofits and themes in Kabir’s poetry Tamerlane Osman I (Founder of the Ottoman Empire) Mansa Musa The lion prince Sundiata Sunjata (Epic story from your Reader) William of Ockham (significance of “Introduction” and “A Letter to the Friars Minor” in the Course Reader: will discuss this in class on May 3rd, Tuesday) Dante (1265-1321) & Beatrice Portinari (1266-1290) Magna Carta Boroughs Champaign Fairs Lex Mercatoria “Ibn al-Athir” Zhou Daguan (on Ankor society) Zheng He The Legacy of the Song dynasty “Japan’s Classical Age” and the concept of Shogunate “Hermit Kingdom” Lynn Hunt on chronology and BC/AD dating system
Concepts (Essay Questions)
Review Lynn Hunt’s account of history and her objections to history as chronology in: “Time Historical?” and “Modernity and History”.
Southernization: its significance in world history; remember to contextualize or contrast the concept to “westernization”
Hodgson’s notion of interrelated history: go over key concepts in that essay such as “Islamicate” and “Persianate”
African society and politics: its structure.
Sub-Saharan African economy: study its main feature in transregional terms
The significance of European Guilds: the role of merchants and cities
The role the Vikings played in the integration of Eurasia (see also nomads)
Significance of the Song legacy: primarily economy (market economy), but also military and technology
Significance of the Medieval European courtly love (review Sir Gawain and the Green Knight story from your Course Reader)
Caste, Political Society and gender in Medieval India
Gender in Medieval Europe: Monastic movements
William of Ockham (review his writings on the separation between political and religious institutions)
The importance of Italian cities like Florence, Venice, etc.
Ibn Khaldun and his decay theory and assabiyya
Significance of the Scholastic movement in Medieval Europe
Significance of the nomadic movements (Mongols; Turks;Vikings) in the late medieval period
Black death and transregional epidemics: its impact on Europe, including economy, demography, politics, culture and religion. Make sure you review “Black Death: Afro-Eurasia, 1346-1350,”
“The Name of the Rose”: its significance; what book went missing?