AP World History: Modern / Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (c. 1200–1450)
1.7 Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450
Notes
Compare state building: China's bureaucracy, Islamic caliphates and sultanates, African trading kingdoms, American empires, and feudal Europe. Many states used religion to legitimize rule.
Practice
Both the Song dynasty and Mali:
Trade and state power.
Religion was used by many states to:
Divine support.
Compared with Europe, Song China had:
Central government.
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