Unit 2The Postclassical Period: New Faith and New Commerce

Alex Yom, Danielle Kluttz, Ellen Peng, Ryan Wright, and Vickas Maturi

The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam

Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islamic Civilization to South and

Southeast Asia

African Civilizations and the Spread of

Islam

Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and

Orthodox Europe

A New Civilization Emerges in Western

Europe

The Americas on the Eve of Invasion

Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the

Tang and Song

The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, and

Vietnam

The Last Great Nomadic Challenges: From Chinggis

Khan to Timur

The West and the Changing Balance of

World Power