KEY CONCEPT 3.

3: INCREASED ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY & ITS CONSEQUENCES POST CLASSICAL INTERACTIONS HAVE MAJOR ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES

SPREAD OF RELIGION

CROP YIELDS INCREASE DUE TO NEW TECHNOLOGY

(THIS MAY SEEM CONTRADICTORY BUT THEY WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT CITIES BOTH ROSE & FELL)

(MUCH OF THIS REMAINS THE SAME FROM THE LAST ERA BUT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES)

NOVGOROD

TIMBUKTU
HANGZHOU

CALICUT

CHINAMPAS CHAMPA RICE

BAGHDAD MALACCA

VENICE

(Drought-resistant quick growing rice)

DOWNFALL
INVASIONS DISEASES AGRICULTURAL DECLINE LITTLE ICE AGE

ATHENS

ROME
ALEXANDRIA

CHANGAN
PATALIPUTRA

WARU-WARU

Not everyone was happy with these new obligations (specifically the increase in dues/taxes Special Note: THESE REVOLTS HAVE LITTLE HISTORICAL CONSEQUENCE. The successful rebellions are a few eras away)

Free Peasant Revolts Religious Revolts (White Lotus)

TERRACING

HORSE-COLLAR

CROPS TRANSPORTED TO SIMILAR CLIMATES

ARTISANS & MERCHANTS INCREASED EXPORTS

INDIA, CHINA PERSIA

CHINA

BUDDHISM CHRISTIANITY ISLAM

GENDER RELATIONS

INVASIONS CEASE SAFE TRADE/TRAVEL RISE IN COMMERCE RISE IN TEMP. INCREASE IN AGRIC. MORE PEOPLE/LABOR

GROWTH

Below are some fun new ways the elites managed the labor of the people.

LABOR MANAGEMENT CHANGES FREE PEASANTS NOMADIC PASTORIALIST GUILDS COERCED GOVT LABOR TAXES MILITARY OBLIGATIONS

LED TO MAJOR CHANGES

FAMILY STRUCTURE

PRODUCTION

URBANIZATION

SOCIAL