This is the starting point for this course. Here we will be checking in with some of the major areas of the world circa 1200. It focuses on six different sections of the globe - East Asia, Dar=al Islam, South/Southeast Asia, Americas, Africa and Europe. This will help you get reacquainted with studies from World History I.

Ultimately, you should be able to explain the similarities and differences in the processes of state formation from 1200 to 1450.

State formation and development demonstrated continuity, innovation, and diversity in various regions

• As the Abbasid Caliphate fragmented, new Islamic political entities emerged, most of which were dominated by Turkic peoples. These states demonstrated continuity, innovation, and diversity

• Empires and states in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas demonstrated continuity, innovation, and diversity in the 13th century. This included the Song Dynasty of China, which utilized traditional methods of Confucianism and an imperial bureaucracy to maintain and justify its rule.

• State formation and development demonstrated continuity, innovation, and diversity, including the new Hindu and Buddhist states that emerged in South and Southeast Asia

• In the Americas, as in Afro-Eurasia, state systems demonstrated continuity, innovation, and diversity, and expanded in scope and reach

• In Africa, as in Eurasia and the Americas, state systems demonstrated continuity, innovation, and diversity, and expanded in scope and reach