collapse of class civ
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Lecture slides on the collapse of the most significant classical civilizations between 200CE and 600CE.TRANSCRIPT
The Late Classical Period 200CE – 600CETo what extent did the Classical Period end?
AP World History
Richard Smart
Oakland Mills High School
Movement of Peoples
The Huns (200s – 400s CE)
Germanic Peoples (300 – 700CE)
The Bantu I: 3000 – 1500BCE II: 1000 – 500 BCE III: 500BCE – 500 CE
Trade Networks
Where? Silk Road Indian Ocean Trans-Saharan
Consequences Economic benefits Spread of religion Spread of disease
Connecting societies Classical Empires Sub-Saharan Africa Central Asian Nomads
Collapse in Rome, Gupta India and Han China
Comparisons Nomadic Invaders Increased
parochialism Population decline Decreased trade Religious changes Continuing cultural
influence
Contrasts Survival of Roman
state in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Greater continuity of culture in India.
Assimilation of nomads in China; New society in Western Europe
Key Features from Period 1:8000BCE – 600CE
Development of agriculture and the beginning of societies.
Creation of complex societies. Inter-regional trade Development of World Religions Isolation of Western Hemisphere