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Post Classical Period: 600 C.E.- 1450 C.E. (INCA (YUPANQUI (TOOK CONTROL…
Post Classical Period: 600 C.E.- 1450 C.E.
Byzantine Empire
Byzantium !!!!
(330. CE) ROMAN EMPEROR CONSTATINE FOUND NEW CAPITAL
Justinian I, “the Great
(526. CE) REIGN OF JUSTINIAN BEGINS
NEPHEW OF LAST EMPEROR
TRIED TO RECLAIM WESTERN EMPIRE
HE CODIFIED ROMAN LAW
CULTURE
HAGIA
CHURCH OF HOLY WISDOM
EARTH LARGEST CATHEDRAL FOR 1,000 YEARS
"HOLY WISDOM"
LANGUAGE
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE WAS LATIN BUT EVENTUALLY IT WAS REPLACED BY GREEK
THERE WAS SCHOOL SYSTEMS
PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE OF CLASSICAL GREECE INFLUENCE THE EMPIRE
BASIC LITERACY WAS WIDESPREAD
EASTERN ORTHOX
CONVERTED OF MANY EASTERN EUROPEANS TO ITS BRANCH OF CHRISTIANITY
Cyrillic alphabet
WAS ADOPTED BY EASTERN ORTHODOX COUNTRIES
CREATED BY 2 BYZANTINE MISSIONARIES TO COMMUNICATE WITH FOLLOWERS AND NATIVES
IT WAS A CHRISTIAN SOCIETY EMPIRE
SOCIAL
PEASANTS AND URBAN WORKERS HAD NO FORMAL EDUCATION
CONSTANTINOPLE
SERVED AS RELIGIOUS MODEL,LEGAL,,LITERARY, AND ARTISTIC INFLUENCE
BECAME ONE OF THE GREAT CITIES OF THE WORLD BECAUSE OF ITS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
CONNECTED EAST ASIA,INDIA,AND RUSSIA TO WESTERN EUROPE
ECONOMY AND SOCIAL
LARGE PEASANT CLASS
SUPPLIED FOOD TO THE CITY
WAS CENTRALLY CONTROLLED BY THE BUREAUCRACY IN CONSTANTILOPE
TRADED A LOT SINCE CONSTANTINOPLE WAS SURROUNDED BY WATER 3 WAYS
Mississippian Cultures
Earthen Mounds
TALL AS 100FT
SIZE OF 12 FOOTBALL FIELDS
PYRAMID SHAPE OR OVAL SHAPE
Cahokia
LARGEST TOWN
PRESENT DAY ILLINOIS
POPULATION WAS ABOUT 40,000
Animism
BELIEVED NATURAL WORLD WAS FILLED WITH SPIRITS
ANIMALS WERE CONSIDERED POWERFUL
THEY HAD CEREMONIES FOR THE GAME THAT THEY KILLED
Priests
THOUGHT TO COMMUNICATE WITH SPIRITS
SERVED AS HEALERS
Decline
WEATHER CAUSED CROP FAILURE
CAHOKIA WAS ABANDONED AROUND 1450
FLOODING
TOLTEC
TULA
POPULATION AROUND 60,000
CAPITAL AROUND 450
NORTHERN MESOAMERICA
Warrior aristocracy
RULED THE TOLTECS
LANDHOLDERS
MILITARY LEADERS
Mayans
THE TOLTEC'S CONQUERED THE MAYANS
THE QUETZALCOATL RELIGION INSPIRED THE TOLTEC TO KEEP IT
ARCHITECTURAL SIMILARITIES BETWEEN TOLTEC AND MAYAS
INCA
CUZCO
CAPITAL OF INCA
EARLY 15TH CENTURY
MODERN PERU
PACHACUTTI
RULED 1438-1471
TURNED STATE TO EMPIRE
MEANS "TRANSFORMER" "SHAKER"
YUPANQUI
TOOK CONTROL IN 1471
PACHACUTTI'S SON
RULING ENDED IN 1493
EXPANDED EMPIRE
CONQUERED CHIMU
HUAYNA CAPAC
YUPANQUI'S SUCCESOR
FOCUSED ON MANAGING THE MANY LANDS THEY OWNED
QUECHUA
THE INCA LANGUAGE
WAS THOUGHT IN SCHOOL
CONQUERED PEOPLE WERE REQUIRED TO ADOPT TO THIS
MITA SYSYTEM
CONQUERED PEOPLE HAD MANDATORY PUBLIC SERVICE
QUIPU
A SYSTEM OF KNOTTED STRINGS USED TO RECORD NUMERICAL INFORMATION FRO TRADE, ENGINEERING AND FOR RECORDING MESSAGES TO BE CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE
WARU WARU
A TECHNIQUE THAT TERRACES USED
RAISED BEDS WITH CHANNELS THAT CAPTURED AND REDIRECTED RAIN TO AVOID EROSION DURING FLOODS AND THAT STORED WATER TO BE USED DURING DRY PERIODS
CARPA NAN
ROAD WAY SYSTEM THAT THE INCAS BUILT
AROUND 25,000 MILES OF ROADS
USED MAINLY BY GOVERNMENT AND MILITAYR
HELPED SPANISH INVADE THE INCAS IN 16TH CENTURY
