The World (History) According to Dixon: Recent Episodes
Thao Tran
These are the lectures from Mr. Dixon's AWESOME AP World History class. Now you can take Mr. Dixon with you 24/7.. because he's just that cool =] Air guitar NOT included.
Ideal: Roman Reunification.
Why would Germans want that?
Ag + Urbanization + Specialization = Long Distance Trade & Innovation Regional States
Holy Roman Empire Otto Of Saxony crowned Emperor by Pope John XII (962) HRE: Internally divided + externally weak Kings v. Prince ipalities
Investiture Contest Kings appointing Bishops : laymen (non clergy) appointing clergy (lay investiture) Stand Off at Canossa King Henry IV v Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) Strengthens Secular & Ecclesiastical interdependency
Frederick Barbarossa 1152-1190 pushed out of Lombardy by Pope
Capetien Dynasty
France: Hugh Capet (987) appointed King because of his subordinate position under appointees Slowly centralized France over the centuries (Joan of Arc?)
England: William the Conqueror (1066) Brought Norman centralizing authority over Angles and Saxons
Italy: Ecclesiastical and Commercial city States
Iberian Peninsula: Castile, Aragon, Portugal v Moors Economic & Social
Economy outpaced Political
Ag Drained swamps, cleared forests, new crops Horse shoes, horse collars Population from 30 80 million Labor specialization = urbanization city air makes you free Venice, Genoa, Pisa, Naples Baltic Hanseatic league
Business techniques Credit and Partnerships
Social Strication Estates General 1st Clergy those who pray 2nd Nobles those who fight (Chivalry) 3rd Commoners those who work
Guilds Control prices, quality assurance, womens inclusion Christianity Church inspired literature Economy = cathedral schools Latin, liberal arts, Cambridge, Oxford, Paris, Rome, Seville
Aristotle St. Thomas Aquainas Reconcile Christian beliefs Bringing logic to Christianity Common People Saints & Sacraments: Virgin Mary Dominicans of St. Dominic v materialism Franciscans of St. Francis v materialism Medieval Expansion
Scandinavia Converts to Christianity Vikings reach Greenland and New Foundland
Balkan Influence Knights Templar Knights Hospitallers Teutonic Knights
Iberian Peninsula Reconquista
Crusades Pope Urban II Council of Clermont 1095 1st recaptures Jerusalem 1099 Saladin recaptures 1187 3rd Richard the Lionheart 4th Sack Constantinople
Politically and religiously failed Economically and commercially succeeded
Chapter 21 Class Notes Travelers Marco Polo 1253 -1324 Ibn Battuta 1326-1346
Trade-Diplomacy -Missionary Imulse Technology Exchange
Trade Cities Khanbaliq, Hongzhou, Quangzo, Melaka Cambay, Samarkand, Constantinople Hormuz, Bagdhad, Venice
Characteristic: Strategic Location Maintain Order Resist Heavy Taxation
Exchange Magnetic Compas, Cotton to Africa Sugarcane Gunpowder (Golden Horde-Russia) Beubonic Plague, economic contraction
Ming Dynasty Hongwu: increase Confucian civil service Mandarins as scholar officials Eunichs as Imperial Court Rebuild irrigation system Re-invigorate manufacturing
Yongle: resinicization Yongle encyclopedia Cultural Traditions
Europe Increase trade = increase taxation =standing armies Italian City States strengthen Hundred Years war Creates identity for France & England
Direct taxation =Monarchies
Spain Isabella & Ferdinand Reconquista Support exploration
Explorers China: Zheng He treasure ships
Portugeuses: Henry The Navigator Navigation school of ship captains, builders, silors and cartographers Dias: 1488 Columbus 1492 Da Gama 1497
Renaissance Sculpture Painter- Architect
Humanism Emotion in paintings More realistic paintings and musculature sculptures Revisit Cicero private Chritian and yet Public service
Reconciles Christianity Urban and Commercial centers require this modification to Christianity Allows the development of private property profit gaining business ventures by low or middle class Profits dont necessarily go to Feudal King or Monarc
The first few chapters in our book..it's the foundations, and we never really went over this.