600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactions
The development and expansion of Islam spurs greater cross-cultural interactions with Europe, Africa, and Asia. State-building in China. Migrations in Africa and the Pacific. Human movement spreads knowledge, goods, and disease.
This course contains 19 segments:
Byzantine Empire
An overview of the history of the Byzantine Empire. Continuity and change after the fall of Rome.
European Middle Ages: feudalism and serfdom
An overview of the history of European serfdom in the Medieval period
Origins of Islam
An overview of the origins of Islam, including the life of Muhammad, the Hijra to Medina, and the conversion of Mecca.
Spread of Islam
As people traveled and traded across the world, Islam spread to those new places.
Sunni and Shia Islam
A high-level overview of two major types of Islam: Sunni and Shia.
Golden Age of Islam
An overview of the Golden Age of Islam and the discoveries and re-discoveries of knowledge in Baghdad during this time.
The Great Schism
The Crusades
What were the Crusades? Why did people go on them? What were the long-term impacts?
The Mongols
In the thirteenth century, the Mongols expanded rapidly out of their homeland in the Asian steppes to become the largest contiguous land empire in history.
Song China
How did the Song Dynasty unify China culturally?
Medieval Japan
In the post-classical period, Japan was united by common language, culture, and economic structures, but government was decentralized.
Maya, Aztec, and Inca
An overview of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations.
Environment and trade
Environments had profound impacts on the ways people could conduct trade.
Human migration
Various factors affect whether people choose to leave their homes and make new lives. We will explore the history and impacts of migration.
Development of new trading cities
As trade routes expanded, so did major trading cities such as Hangzhou, Malacca, and Timbuktu
Cultural interactions along trade routes
We'll look at how the Srivijaya Empire, an empire on the Malay Peninsula lasting from the seventh to the twelfth century, was shaped by its interactions with its chief trading partners.
Development of financial institutions
Financial institutions, specifically banks, developed as a result of cross-cultural interactions and the need to pay for trade and war.
Disease and demography
How did the plague spread? We'll cover the history of the plague in Europe.
Social institutions in the Islamic world
An overview of Medieval Muslim societies.
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Length | 19 segments |
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Cost | Free |
From | Khan Academy |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Humanities |
Tags | Humanities World history |
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