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| III. The Postclassical Period, 500–1500 |
| A. Global and Comparative Dimensions |
| 1. Periodization, 500–1000 |
| a. Transformation of Regional Civilizations |
| b. Comparisons |
| c. Interregional Relationships |
| d. Continued Spread of Religions |
| e. The Global Picture |
| 2. The High Postclassical Period, 1000–1500 |
| a. Major Interregional Expansions |
| b. Interregional Exchanges |
| c. The Religious Context |
| d. The Global Picture |
| B. The Middle East and North Africa, 500–1500 |
| 1. The Rise and Expansion of Islam, 610–945 |
| a. Overview |
| b. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam |
| c. The Umayyad Caliphate |
| d. The Abbasid Caliphate and Its Breakup |
| 2. The Muslim Middle East and North Africa, c. 945–1500 |
| a. Overview |
| b. Iran, Iraq, and Anatolia |
| c. The Mongol Empire and Its Successors |
| d. The Ottoman Empire |
| e. Egypt and Syria |
| f. North Africa |
| C. South and Southeast Asia, 500–1500 |
| 1. South Asia, 500–1199 |
| a. North India |
| b. Deccan and Western India |
| c. South India |
| 2. Southeast Asia, 500–900 |
| a. The Malay Archipelago and Peninsula |
| b. Mainland Southeast Asia |
| 3. South Asia, 1000–1500 |
| a. North India and Deccan |
| b. Bengal |
| c. South India |
| d. Ceylon |
| 4. Southeast Asia, c. 900–1557 |
| a. The Malay Archipelago and Peninsula |
| b. Mainland Southeast Asia |
| D. Africa, 500–1500 |
| 1. Historical Trends, 500–1000 |
| 2. Regions, 500–1000 |
| a. Sudanic West and Central Africa |
| b. Forest West Africa |
| c. Northeast Africa (Horn) |
| d. East Africa |
| e. West Central Africa |
| f. Southern Africa |
| g. Madagascar |
| 3. Historical Trends, 1000–1500 |
| 4. Regions, 1000–1500 |
| a. Sudanic West and Central Africa |
| b. Forest West Africa |
| c. Northeast Africa (Horn) |
| d. East Africa |
| e. West Central Africa |
| f. Southern Africa |
| g. Madagascar |
| E. East Asia, to 1527 |
| 1. China, 589–960 |
| a. Periodization and Events |
| b. Political, Social, and Cultural Patterns |
| 2. China, 960–1521 |
| a. Periodization and Events |
| b. Political, Social, and Cultural Patterns |
| c. The Mongol Period |
| d. The Early Ming |
| 3. Korea, 540–918 |
| 4. Korea, 918–1392 |
| a. Major Events |
| b. Political, Social, and Cultural Patterns |
| 5. Japan, 552–1185 |
| 6. Japan, 1185–1493 |
| a. General Characteristics |
| b. Major Events |
| 7. Vietnam |
| a. Origins to 1009 |
| b. 1009–1527, Independence and Its Defense |
| F. Europe, 461–1500 |
| 1. Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages, 461–1000 |
| a. Conditions of Life |
| b. The Early Church |
| c. Invaders of the West |
| d. The Ostrogoths in Italy |
| e. The Frankish Kingdom |
| f. The Lombards and the Popes |
| g. The Empire of Charlemagne and Its Disintegration |
| h. The West Franks under the Carolingian Kings |
| i. Germany under the Carolingian and Saxon Emperors |
| j. Spain |
| k. The British Isles |
| l. Scandinavia |
| 2. Eastern Europe, 500–1025 |
| a. The Byzantine Empire |
| b. The First Bulgarian Empire |
| 3. Western Europe and the Age of the Cathedrals, 1000–1300 |
| a. Overview |
| b. The British Isles |
| c. France |
| d. Germany |
| e. Scandinavia |
| f. The Papacy and Italy |
| g. The Iberian Peninsula |
| 4. Eastern Europe, 1000–1300 |
| a. The Slavs |
| b. Bohemia and Moravia |
| c. Poland |
| d. Kievan Russia |
| e. Hungary |
| f. Serbia |
| g. The Second Bulgarian Empire |
| 5. Christian States in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1000–1300 |
| a. The Byzantine Empire |
| b. The Crusades |
| c. Latin and Greek States in the Middle East |
| 6. Western Europe, 1300–1500 |
| a. Overview |
| b. The British Isles |
| c. France |
| d. The Iberian Peninsula |
| e. The Papacy and Italy |
| f. The Holy Roman Empire |
| g. Scandinavia |
| 7. Eastern Europe, 1300–1500 |
| a. Poland |
| b. Lithuania |
| c. Russia |
| d. Hungary |
| e. The Serbian States |
| f. The Byzantine Empire |
| G. The Americas, 1000–1525 |
| 1. Pre-Columbian South and Central America and the Caribbean, 1200–1530 |
| 2. Pre-Columbian Explorations by Europeans, 1200–1530 |
| 3. The Voyages of Columbus, 1492–1504 |
| 4. Post-Columbian Discoveries, 1497–1522 |
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