Chapter 8, 9, 10

Chapter 8
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China and the World
  • Flourished during "The Golden Age"- time of immense economic growth from trade, technologic/engineering developments, new inventions
  • rebirth of Confuscionism
  • examination system based on performance
  • tribute system
  • China considered to be next superpower

Chapter 9
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Islam
  • Emerged in Classical Era 
  • Muhammad Ibn Abdullah- Qoran, 5 pillars of Islam
  • doesn't separate church and state
  • In competition with China and other flourishing empires
  • technological advancements
  • Seminal thinker of Islam was born
  • Islamic Empire formed
  • Islamic law- the sharia
  • Men and women were viewed as equals
  • Islam spreads across multiple continents
  • Introduced the idea of Islam and converted people in the urban centers of West Africa
Chapter 10
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Christendom
  • began with Jesus 
  • Roman Empire had him crucified
  • Christianity
  • no separation of church and state
  • Constantinople became Byzantine which developed into Eastern Orthodox
  • Rome developed into Roman Catholicism
  • tension between faith and reason developed

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