Post-Classical+Unit

Summary of post-classical periods...pg 120-125

 * spread of main religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity
 * international trade developed around Mediterranean Sea and connected northwestern Europe and west Africa and Japan with China.
 * improved navigational devices and ships because of new trading sites
 * China held onto classical politics (bureaucracy) and their religion (Confucianism), continuity was extremely important.
 * A few religions stressed equality between women and men, however conditions worsened for women despite religious beliefs because they were still viewed as inferior.
 * paper, printing, and explosives were being spread throughout the world through trade
 * Indian mathematics spread to the Middle East and the Arabs mixed their mathematics with that of Greece and India.
 * disease spread more as trade increased..."black death"
 * 1) video notes [[file:video notes for summary[1].docx]]
 * 2) questions from video: printed out
 * 3) 5 pillars of Islam[[file:Five Pillars of IslamJackie Souza.doc]]
 * 4) fall of empires: hand written
 * 5) ESPIRIT on Abbasids: Hand written and handed in
 * 6) Notes on pg. 160-167

=Islam= =Byzantines= =Western Europe= =The Americas= =Tang and Song China=