Transcript Other Major States

Key Concept 3.2:
Continuity &
Innovations of
State Forms &
Their Interactions
(Other Major
States)
Period 3: 600 – 1450 CE
Other major states
demonstrate remarkable
continuity, innovation, and
diversity.
Empires Collapsed
 Most reconstituted governments
combined traditional sources of
power and legitimacy with
innovations better suited to current
circumstances
 Byzantine
Empire
 Chinese Dynasties (Sui, Tang, Song)
Traditional Sources of Power &
Legitimacy
 Patriarchy
 Religion
 Land-owning
Elites
Innovations
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New Methods of Taxation
Tributary Systems
Adaptation of Religious Intuitions
In some places, new forms of
governance emerged
 Islamic
States
 Abassids,
Muslim Iberia,
Dehli
Sultanates
 Mongol
Khanates
 City-states
 Italian
Peninsula,
East Africa,
Southeast Asia,
Americas
 Decentralized
Government (AKA
Feudalism)
 Japan
 Europe
Byzantine (330-1450 CE)
Eastern
Rome
 Byzantine people refer to it as
the Roman Empire
Byzantine (330-1450 CE)
 Emperor
Justinian
 Briefly rebuilt
the Roman
Empire to old
borders
 Elaborate
projects (Hagia
Sophia)
 Justinian Code
Byzantine (330-1450 CE)
 Administrative
System
 Divine, Absolute
Ruler
 Elaborate
Bureaucracy
 Christian Empire
 Split with Catholic
Church
 Eastern Orthodox
China (589-1279 CE)
 Sui
Dynasty
 Reunited China
 Grand Canal
China (589-1279 CE)
 Tang
Dynasty
 High point of Chinese civilization
 Silk Road
 Tribute
 Buddhist/Confucianism
 Cultural Influence over
Japan, Korea
 Printing
China (589-1279 CE)
 Song
Dynasty
 Paper Money
 Gunpowder
 Conquered by
MONGOLS
Italian City States
 New
government that replaced the Old
Roman Empire
 Venice, Milan, Genoa, Verona, etc.
 Dominated Mediterranean Trade
 Key trade between Europe and Asia
 Later traded with Ottoman Empire
Feudal Europe
 Decentralized
 Local
feudal lords gained fealty
over local people
 Highlight:
 Charlemagne
Charlemagne
 Frankish
king
 Unites Gaul
 Defeats Muslims
 Battle of Tours
(732)
 Crowned Holy
Roman Emperor
Feudal Japan
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Mirrored Europe
Daimyo = Lord
Samurai = Knights
Americas
State systems expanded in scope
and strength
 Similar to Afro-Eurasia
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Americas
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Maya
 Network of City States
Americas
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Aztec
 Empire based in Central Mexico
 “Mexica”
Americas

Inca
 Andes Mountains around Peru
 Road System
 Inheritance System
 Quipu