WHAP – CONTINUITIES AND CHANGE BY REGION – PERIOD 3
REGION
POLITICAL
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
CHANGES
CONTINUITIES
East Asia
Japanese feudalism
Tang/Song dynasties
Mongols
Yuan dynasty
Ming dynasty
Expansion of China into
Vietnam
Regional kingdoms
Urbanization
Neo-Confucianism
Buddhism
Movable type
Celadon pottery
Bubonic plague
Islam
Japanese shogunate
Neo-Confucianism
Chinese expansion into
Vietnam
Mongol domination in
China
Islam
Nomadic threats
Confucianism
Footbinding
Patriarchy
Shinto
Southeast Asia
Gunpowder
Long-distance trade
Technology
Flying money
Zheng He expedition
Grand Canal
Malay sailors
Agriculture
Fishing
Polytheism
Polynesian migrations
Stratified society
Maori
Pax Mongolia
Women with a voice in
tribal councils
Caste system
Islam
Islam
Veiling of women
Shariah
Umma
Bubonic plague
Slavery
Travels of Ibn Battuta
Bubonic plague
Bantu migrations
Swahili griots
Age grades
Settlement of Hawaii
Oceania
Central Asia
Mongols
Steppe diplomacy
Tamerlane
Silk Roads trade
Moldboard plow
South Asia
Delhi Sultanate
Rule of Tamerlane
Crusades
Mongol destruction of
Baghdad
Arabic numerals
Indian Ocean trade
Malay sailors
Long-distance trade
Regional kingdoms
Islam, Mamluk
dynasties
Stateless societies
Islam
Trans-Saharan trade,
gold, salt
Ironworking
Indian Ocean
Trade in ivory, ebony,
animal skins
Trade with Portugal
Ironworking
Southwest Asia
North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Hinduism
Buddhism
Isolation from global
trade network
Mongol dominance
Islam
Isolation of Russia from
Western Europe
Islam
Pastoral nomadism
Steppe diplomacy
Buddhism
Islam
Introduction of banana
cultivation by Malay
sailors
Christianity
Slavery
Bantu migrations
Hinduism
Caste system
Rise of Islam, Sunni/Shia Nomadic tribes
split
Transfer of knowledge
of sugarcane to
Europeans
Islam
Trans-Saharan trade
WHAP – CONTINUITIES AND CHANGE BY REGION – PERIOD 3
REGION
POLITICAL
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
CHANGES
CONTINUITIES
Western Europe
Feudalism
Holy Roman Empire
Attempted Mongol
incursions
Islamic Spain
Investiture conflict
Feudalism
Population growth
Viking invasions
Urbanization
Renaissance
Palace schools
Islam
Increased urbanization
and trade
Decline of feudalism
Renaissance
Christianity
Feudalism
Eastern Europe
Byzantine Empire
Mongol invasion
Seljuk and Ottoman
incursion
Regional tribal
organization
Manorialism
Moldboard plow
Rise of universities
Bubonic plague
Mediterranean trade
routes
Hanseatic League
Expansion of Western
Europe
Serfdom
Viking invasion
Mongol invasion
Viking invasion
Serfdom
Agriculture
Fishing
Trade with
Mesoamerica
Chiampas
Long-distance and
regional trade
Calendar
Incan roads
Quipus
Anasazi and
Mississippian cultures
Mounds
Trade with
Mesoamerica
Eastern Orthodox
Christianity
Byzantine trade
networks
Isolation from global
trade networks
Human sacrifice
Polytheism
Quetzalcoatl
Parallel descent
Mita
Weaving
Ayllus, calpulli
Aztec and Inca empires
North America
Latin America
Aztec and Inca empires
Isolation from global
trade networks