Post+-+Classical+Era



TRIGGERS OF CHANGE // 1. //// People turned towards religion for security, reassurance, and guidance after the decline of the classical empires. // // 2. //// People also turned towards trade and a compass (China), ship improvement designs (Middle East), and a map was created to make trade wider and further than before. // THE BIG CHANGES // 1. //// Religion spread rapidly during this time, however, this created mutual intolerance between some religions especially Christians and Muslims but everyone reacted to the power of the Islamic world in a way. // // 2. //// Religion meant different things to people who practiced the same faith and most people combined it with other interests. // // 3. //// The regular trade created a coherent world network joining key parts of the world and it facilitated the spread of technology and diseases but nether less had a big impact on the world. // CONTINUITY // 1. //// Change affected different societies to different degrees and even though the classical empires had collapsed the success of the classical civilization encouraged many people to maintain or revive classical forms. // // 2. //// They showed in the blending of traditional forms with the missionary religions. // // 3. //// No systematic changes in social structures or even political forms occurred during the postclassical centuries. // IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE: WOMEN // 1. //// Religion helped give rights to women and new leadership roles, however, it reduced women’s roles in political and economic life creating new gender inequalities. // // 2. //// New religions were important to women but the customs limited opportunities to a greater degree. // TRENDS AND SOCIETIES IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD // 1. //// As time gradually went by societies changed due to outside forces such as religion and invaders. //

Decline of Empires.

New Religion map

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Western Europe

The Americas

Byzantines

Japan,Korea, and Vietnam

Tang and Song dynasties

Mongols