Ap World History Research Paper
Ruslan Khamurzov World Civilizations 1 November 30, 2005
Post-Classical Europe, Muslim World and China.
The period following the decline of great classical empires of Asia and Mediterranean is known as the post-classical period (500-1000 CE). This period is famous for the expansion of civilizations to new areas, spread of major world religions such as Islam and the decline of the Western world. While Europe was in a period of a decline, the Muslim world was on the rise and the Eastern world followed a time of instability and great reformation. The following paragraphs will discuss the political,
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economic, cultural and social organizations that existed during the post-classical period in the regions of Europe, Islamic empire and China. The post-classical period in the Western world or Europe is referred to as the Middle Ages, and sometimes called as the Dark Ages. During this period of time Europe was great decline, recovering
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from the fall of the Roman Empire. Europe lagged behind over civilizations in terms of …show more content…
its economy, technological development, and learning. The political structure of Europe was in chaos and great instability. Although the were kingdoms established, the most common political organization was local, known as manorialism. It
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was a system designed to communal agricultural activity, featuring surfs, who farmed land belonging to the lord in return for protection.
Surfs were also required to pay a portion of their produce to their
lords. Serfs often retained ownership of their houses and could pass property from one generation to another. Agriculture was the main influence on European economy. Even through there was less trade compared to civilizations of Middle East and China, Europeans increased productivity of crops that led to urbanization and specialized commerce. Farmers made use of new technologies such as iron plows. Banks were established in Italy and Germany, which helped the trading activities between different
countries. And since there was no central government such as the Roman Empire, merchants and trades possessed greater freedom in trading. European culture was mainly developed from Christianity. Christianity quickly
spread
throughout Europe and emerged as the most popular religion. Since majority of people followed the preaching and ideas of the Christian Pope and priests, kings and lords often converted to Christianity in order to accomplish their goals and gain the favor of citizens. Most of art and architecture in Europe was devoted to the Christian Church, and European literature always included references to religion. Writing in Europe was limited and consisted of Latin that was primarily devoted to theology, government and law. Islam was a continuation of ethical monotheism. The ruler and leader of Muslim community, which were successor of Muhammad, were called caliphs. Caliphs were the top rulers of the Muslim
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Post-Classical Europe, Muslim World and China.
The period following the decline of great classical empires of Asia and Mediterranean is known as the post-classical period (500-1000 CE). This period is famous for the expansion of civilizations to new areas, spread of major world religions such as Islam and the decline of the Western world. While Europe was in a period of a decline, the Muslim world was on the rise and the Eastern world followed a time of instability and great reformation. The following paragraphs will discuss the political,
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economic, cultural and social organizations that existed during the post-classical period in the regions of Europe, Islamic empire and China. The post-classical period in the Western world or Europe is referred to as the Middle Ages, and sometimes called as the Dark Ages. During this period of time Europe was great decline, recovering
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from the fall of the Roman Empire. Europe lagged behind over civilizations in terms of …show more content…
its economy, technological development, and learning. The political structure of Europe was in chaos and great instability. Although the were kingdoms established, the most common political organization was local, known as manorialism. It
-
was a system designed to communal agricultural activity, featuring surfs, who farmed land belonging to the lord in return for protection.
Surfs were also required to pay a portion of their produce to their
lords. Serfs often retained ownership of their houses and could pass property from one generation to another. Agriculture was the main influence on European economy. Even through there was less trade compared to civilizations of Middle East and China, Europeans increased productivity of crops that led to urbanization and specialized commerce. Farmers made use of new technologies such as iron plows. Banks were established in Italy and Germany, which helped the trading activities between different
countries. And since there was no central government such as the Roman Empire, merchants and trades possessed greater freedom in trading. European culture was mainly developed from Christianity. Christianity quickly
spread
throughout Europe and emerged as the most popular religion. Since majority of people followed the preaching and ideas of the Christian Pope and priests, kings and lords often converted to Christianity in order to accomplish their goals and gain the favor of citizens. Most of art and architecture in Europe was devoted to the Christian Church, and European literature always included references to religion. Writing in Europe was limited and consisted of Latin that was primarily devoted to theology, government and law. Islam was a continuation of ethical monotheism. The ruler and leader of Muslim community, which were successor of Muhammad, were called caliphs. Caliphs were the top rulers of the Muslim
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