The Mediterranean World (Rome) Africa (the Nile Valley) – Mesopotamia –Sasanian Empire The Indo-Gangetc Plain (The The North China Plain
Americas Egypt as part of Roman Guptas) and Central Asia (the (From 3 Kingdoms to
empire Huns) Northern Wei and
Eastern Jin).
The distributon of Rome (was ireat center of power) Conflict over tghe Red Sea. To tghe Sasanian Empire – tghe 40 dats travellini to tghe east, in Cghina (was ireat
power succumbed to combinaton of Downfall of Weest Roman fall of tghe two otgher empires Ganies Vallet, small kinidom = center of power)
internatonal weakness and Empire – two tradini cites was a mixed blessini. Objectve ghomeland of tghe Guptas. succumbed to
Beside main empires – unrelentni miiraton pressure. rusghed to fll tghe void: was build realm stronier/ricgher combinaton of
Eurasia became arena - Jewish Kingdom Himyar tghan predecessors, tghe 60 tears ater marriaie alliance – internal weakness and
of fightni and sghitini Fatal pusgh (also for Cghina)– from (todat’s Yemen) Partghians, ghad let it. Gupta realm stretcghed from tghe unrelentni miiraton
alliances between gheart of Eurasia. Inghabited bt - Christan Kingdom of Indus to tghe Bat of Benial. pressure.
small polites like people called Xiongnu, Huns, Aksum (todat’s Etghiopia) Peak – Sasanian Empire
Funan Kingdom, White Huns, Red Huns, Ephthalite Himtar – ghad alreadt stretcghed from Eupghrates to Because nortghern India was Collapse of Han
Pandyan Kingdom, Huns. All tghese Huns – ienetcallt conquer neiighborini Hindu Kusgh, Aral Sea (soutghern patcghwork of state lets and tribes Dynasty in 220 –
Goguryeo Kingodom, and culturallt related. kinidoms e.i. Hadghramaut Kazakghstan/nortghern – expansion was ghard to stop followed bt an era of
Yamamoto Kingdom, Societt was federated bands of (known for producton of Uzbekistan) to Indian Ocean. once it started. confusion, war and
several nomadic nomads wgho followed tgheir catle frankincense) and mttghical ienocide. Decline of
societes/otgher people from pasture to pasture on ghorses. kinidom of Saba. ‘’Land produces iold, silver, But – aiainst Kamandaka’s advice populaton of 10s of
on tghe move. coral, amber, fne pearls, (see tghinkini about IR), kinis millions.
Rome’s militart capabilites Askum – irown ricgh from cinnabar, mercurt, damask increasinilt exghausted tghe Wei, Wu and Shu
Important ieopolitcal remained superior compared to export of ivort, war coton’’ treasurt to fnance tgheir armed dominated politcal
cghanie: irowini tghose of Gotghs/Germanic tribes. elepghants and coton. forces – taxes on airiculture and map of Cghina.
importance of Indian Benefted from rivers as natural Most eastern border = River new monopolies put break on Weei – ruled over most
Ocean and nortghern barriers, fortresses and supplt Indus. economic irowtgh. of tghe Nortgh Cghina
steppes as connector cghains, sopghistcated warsghips and Plain – power in tghis
between people. land armt (over 300.000 soldiers) – Hepthalite Huns – operated from reiion ghad passed
Trade in Indian Ocean – witgh superior weapons, gheavt Central Asia, ghad taken control from tghe gheirs of tghe
irowini connectvitt. artllert, eniineers. over trade cites and airicultural Han Dtnastt to
Gupta Empire – zones of Oxus (= Amu Darta river, warlords of the Cao
interface between Ater fall of Weest Roman empire – ioes tghrouigh Afighanistan, family, wghicgh
Middle East and moment of trutgh for tghe new Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, establisghed tghe Weei
Soutgheast Asia, wghere capital – Constantnople. Easter Uzbekistan) and Ferighana Vallet Kinidom, but refused
new tradini kinidoms Roman Empire stretcghed form (Ktritzstan, Tajikistan, tghe gheavenlt mandate,
became prominent. Danube to Red Sea and Levant to Uzbekistan). since ‘’becomini
Same true for nortghern Ionian Sea. Around 500.000 and emperor is like beini
steppes over Caspian refuiees from Italian Peninsula. As a result of interacton in cooked on a stove.’’
Sea/Black Sea. Speed Sasanian Empire and Gupta
and mainitude witgh Seeds of centurt-loni discord empire (see interacton), Huns 263 – Weei expelled bt
wghicgh Huns relocated between emperor and cghurcgh were brieflt dominated most of Central usurper – Sima Yan –
tghrouigh tghis corridor sown. Asia and Nortghern India. founded tghe Western
was unprecedented. Toramana Inscripton – praised Jin Dynasty (265-315).
Silk Road (revived ater Anastasius started constructon of Hun ruler: ‘’ghis gheroism = Soutgh – (botgh sides of
Sasanians reunifed fortfcatons and wall between Sea trutghfulness, eartgh was ioverned Yanitze) – Kinis of Weu
Middle East and Persia) of Marmara and tghe Black Sea. witgh justce.’’ ruled over fraimented
–paralleled bt network and restless realm tghat
of maritme trade tghat stretcghed al tghe wat to
reacghed from Strait of Clovis started new important Gupta empire – expansion of Red River.
Malacca to Hormuz cghapter in ghistort of Weestern trade coincidented witgh Kinidom of Sghu – ruled
and Bab el-Mandeb, Europe = politcal cghanies, some of expansion of cites and kinidoms over middle and upper
and contnental transit its stmbols were preserved. outside traditonal centers of reacghes of tghe
zone up nortgh. power e.i. Kingdom of Funan Yangtze.
(current Vietnam, Cambodia,
Tghailand) (emeried from marsght Exploitni atributon
Americas Egypt as part of Roman Guptas) and Central Asia (the (From 3 Kingdoms to
empire Huns) Northern Wei and
Eastern Jin).
The distributon of Rome (was ireat center of power) Conflict over tghe Red Sea. To tghe Sasanian Empire – tghe 40 dats travellini to tghe east, in Cghina (was ireat
power succumbed to combinaton of Downfall of Weest Roman fall of tghe two otgher empires Ganies Vallet, small kinidom = center of power)
internatonal weakness and Empire – two tradini cites was a mixed blessini. Objectve ghomeland of tghe Guptas. succumbed to
Beside main empires – unrelentni miiraton pressure. rusghed to fll tghe void: was build realm stronier/ricgher combinaton of
Eurasia became arena - Jewish Kingdom Himyar tghan predecessors, tghe 60 tears ater marriaie alliance – internal weakness and
of fightni and sghitini Fatal pusgh (also for Cghina)– from (todat’s Yemen) Partghians, ghad let it. Gupta realm stretcghed from tghe unrelentni miiraton
alliances between gheart of Eurasia. Inghabited bt - Christan Kingdom of Indus to tghe Bat of Benial. pressure.
small polites like people called Xiongnu, Huns, Aksum (todat’s Etghiopia) Peak – Sasanian Empire
Funan Kingdom, White Huns, Red Huns, Ephthalite Himtar – ghad alreadt stretcghed from Eupghrates to Because nortghern India was Collapse of Han
Pandyan Kingdom, Huns. All tghese Huns – ienetcallt conquer neiighborini Hindu Kusgh, Aral Sea (soutghern patcghwork of state lets and tribes Dynasty in 220 –
Goguryeo Kingodom, and culturallt related. kinidoms e.i. Hadghramaut Kazakghstan/nortghern – expansion was ghard to stop followed bt an era of
Yamamoto Kingdom, Societt was federated bands of (known for producton of Uzbekistan) to Indian Ocean. once it started. confusion, war and
several nomadic nomads wgho followed tgheir catle frankincense) and mttghical ienocide. Decline of
societes/otgher people from pasture to pasture on ghorses. kinidom of Saba. ‘’Land produces iold, silver, But – aiainst Kamandaka’s advice populaton of 10s of
on tghe move. coral, amber, fne pearls, (see tghinkini about IR), kinis millions.
Rome’s militart capabilites Askum – irown ricgh from cinnabar, mercurt, damask increasinilt exghausted tghe Wei, Wu and Shu
Important ieopolitcal remained superior compared to export of ivort, war coton’’ treasurt to fnance tgheir armed dominated politcal
cghanie: irowini tghose of Gotghs/Germanic tribes. elepghants and coton. forces – taxes on airiculture and map of Cghina.
importance of Indian Benefted from rivers as natural Most eastern border = River new monopolies put break on Weei – ruled over most
Ocean and nortghern barriers, fortresses and supplt Indus. economic irowtgh. of tghe Nortgh Cghina
steppes as connector cghains, sopghistcated warsghips and Plain – power in tghis
between people. land armt (over 300.000 soldiers) – Hepthalite Huns – operated from reiion ghad passed
Trade in Indian Ocean – witgh superior weapons, gheavt Central Asia, ghad taken control from tghe gheirs of tghe
irowini connectvitt. artllert, eniineers. over trade cites and airicultural Han Dtnastt to
Gupta Empire – zones of Oxus (= Amu Darta river, warlords of the Cao
interface between Ater fall of Weest Roman empire – ioes tghrouigh Afighanistan, family, wghicgh
Middle East and moment of trutgh for tghe new Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, establisghed tghe Weei
Soutgheast Asia, wghere capital – Constantnople. Easter Uzbekistan) and Ferighana Vallet Kinidom, but refused
new tradini kinidoms Roman Empire stretcghed form (Ktritzstan, Tajikistan, tghe gheavenlt mandate,
became prominent. Danube to Red Sea and Levant to Uzbekistan). since ‘’becomini
Same true for nortghern Ionian Sea. Around 500.000 and emperor is like beini
steppes over Caspian refuiees from Italian Peninsula. As a result of interacton in cooked on a stove.’’
Sea/Black Sea. Speed Sasanian Empire and Gupta
and mainitude witgh Seeds of centurt-loni discord empire (see interacton), Huns 263 – Weei expelled bt
wghicgh Huns relocated between emperor and cghurcgh were brieflt dominated most of Central usurper – Sima Yan –
tghrouigh tghis corridor sown. Asia and Nortghern India. founded tghe Western
was unprecedented. Toramana Inscripton – praised Jin Dynasty (265-315).
Silk Road (revived ater Anastasius started constructon of Hun ruler: ‘’ghis gheroism = Soutgh – (botgh sides of
Sasanians reunifed fortfcatons and wall between Sea trutghfulness, eartgh was ioverned Yanitze) – Kinis of Weu
Middle East and Persia) of Marmara and tghe Black Sea. witgh justce.’’ ruled over fraimented
–paralleled bt network and restless realm tghat
of maritme trade tghat stretcghed al tghe wat to
reacghed from Strait of Clovis started new important Gupta empire – expansion of Red River.
Malacca to Hormuz cghapter in ghistort of Weestern trade coincidented witgh Kinidom of Sghu – ruled
and Bab el-Mandeb, Europe = politcal cghanies, some of expansion of cites and kinidoms over middle and upper
and contnental transit its stmbols were preserved. outside traditonal centers of reacghes of tghe
zone up nortgh. power e.i. Kingdom of Funan Yangtze.
(current Vietnam, Cambodia,
Tghailand) (emeried from marsght Exploitni atributon
