Foundations: Post Classical Societies

and World Belief Systems

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4

Eastern Orthodox Painting of Jesus with the Mother Mary.

Homework for the Week:

• Outline Chapter 4 Handout Notes Due: Tuesday.
• Newsgroup Posting Week 4.
• Outline Chapter 5 Handout Notes part 1 Due: Thursday.
• Research Cube: Assignment Explained. Due: Monday 30th.
  • Research Links:
    • Ancient Civilizations
    • World Civilizations
    • History 101
    • Ancient World Cultures
  • Research Cube Timelines.

Skills: Doing World History

• Introduction
• Methods:
  1. Big Picture
  2. Diffusion
  3. Syncretrism
  4. Comparism
  5. Common Phenoem

Post Classical Empires

Confucius

• Europe:
  • Decline of the Roman Empire.
  • Byzantium Empire
• Islamic Empires
  • Origins and Expansion of Islam
  • Umayyad Caliphate
  • Abbasid Caliphate
• India:
  • Aryan Invasion
  • Mauryan Empire.
  • Gupta Empire
• East Asia:
  • Sui Dynasty
  • Tang Dynasty
  • Heian Japan
• Africa:
  • Bantu Migrations
  • Nubia
  • Ghana
• Americas:
  • Teotihuacan
  • Mayan
  • Andean
  • North American Cultures:
    • Mississippian
    • Anasazi of the Southwest

Buddha

World Belief systems

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Zoroastrianism
• Judaism
• Christanity
• Islam

Cross-Cultural Interactions

• The Silk Road: Lecture.
  • Spread of Culture.
  • Spread of Religion.
  • Spread of Civilization.
  • Spread of Disease.
• Links:
  • Electronic Passport: Silk Road.
  • Article: History of the Silk Road.