Key Concepts 2 1 2 3 Key Concept

Key Concepts 2. 1 -2. 3

Key Concept 2. 1 The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions • Compare the origins, principal beliefs, and practices of the major world religions and belief systems. • Explain how religious belief systems developed and spread as a result of expanding communication and exchange networks. • Analyze the ways in which religious and secular belief systems affected political, economic, and social institutions.

Key Concept 2. 2 The Development of States and Empires • Which new states or empires develop or expand in this period? • What techniques of imperial administration are being used? • What political, cultural, and administrative difficulties did encounter that they could not manage? (eventually leading to their decline, collapse, and transformation into successor empires or states)

Key Concept 2. 3. Emergence of Interregional Networks of Communication and Exchange • Name four regional trade networks that develop or expand during this period. • What new technology caused or accompanied the development of these trade networks? • What spreads along these networks? Impact?

Relevant Chapters 4: Greece and Iran (Persia) 5: Rome and Han China 6: India and Southeast Asia 7: Networks of Communication and Exchange Additional Topics: Cultures of the Americas, the development and spread of religions