Topic 1.1: Developments in East Asia from
c. 1200 to c. 1450
c. 1200 to c. 1450
The Song Dynasty
China Rules the Seas
The Mandate of Heaven (how someone becomes emperor)
Spread of Islamic Culture
Islamic Golden Age of Science
The Rise & Fall of Islam's Golden Age
Mongols & Siege of Baghdad
Why did the Abbasid Caliphate collapse?
The rise and fall of the medieval Islamic Empire
The Mongols in the Middle East
Srivijaya Empire
Majapahit Empire
Why did Cholas invade Srivijaya?
Rise & Fall of Vijayanagara Empire
Mongols invasion of Java & fall of Majapahit
Rise of the Maya
Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
Lost city of Cahokia
Tenochtitlan - The Venice of Mesoamerica
History of ancient Mexico
Great Zimbabwe
The Hausa Kingdoms
W. Africa's Ancient City Before Timbuktu
Serfs & Manorialism
Difference between serfs, peasants, and slaves
Feudalism in Medieval Europe
LIfe in a Medieval Village
The Black Death