Updated 10/12/18  

 KEY CONCEPTS - PERIOD 3 (600-1450)  

   

    

   

       

       

 Brief overview of Period 3 

              

   

  PERIOD 3: Regional & Transregional Interactions, 600-1450 (Chapters 7-12) 

  

Timelines & General Resources
Worldipedia: Key Concept 3.1, Key Concept 3.2, Key Concept 3.3  
TIMELINE: Middle Ages, 6th to 15th Centuries
KHAN ACADEMY: 600-1450
  Period 3 Review (600-1450) - Cram Packet: Period 3, to 1450
   Timeline of History: 4.3 million Years Ago to 2012 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art History Timeline  
  Old World Contacts: Home Page
     History Topics - History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
  Historical Atlas of the Mediterranean
  Indian Ocean in World History
  EyeWitness To The Middle Ages and Renaissance
    HistoryWorld - History and Timelines
  TIMEMAPS: World History AD 500
    All Empires: Online History Community
  African Timelines - Table of Contents
  Timelines | Asia for Educators
      East Asia's Geography Through the 5 Themes, 6 Essential Elements, and 18 Geographic Standards 
  12 Weapons That Changed Everything | The Fiscal Times
   The Art of Asia - Online Museum Resources on Asian Art
  Chinese Dynasty Guide - The Art of Asia - History and Maps
  Chinese Cultural Studies: A brief chinese chronology
  Guide to Japanese Historical Periods - The Art of Asia - History and Maps
  Guide to Korean Historical Periods - The Art of Asia - History and Maps
  The Chinese Dynasty Song: WHAP 1 - YouTube - The Chinese Dynasty Song: WHAP 2 - YouTube - How to Memorize China's Major Dynasties? - YouTube

 

 

     

Middle East: The Sassanids & Rise of Islam
Khan Academy: Rise & Spread of Islam
Sassanid Empire - Wikipedia
  History of Iran: Sassanid Empire 
  Islam - BBC - Religion: Islam
The Caliphates: - Umayyad - Abbasid
  Shia - Sunni & Shi'a Division - Sufism
  Umayyad Caliphate - Wikipedia - The Umayyad Caliphate
  Abbasid Caliphate - Wikipedia
  Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East

 

 

   

    

Medieval Europe, Vikings, Byzantine Empire, & Russia  
Khan Academy: Medieval Europe 
Middle Ages — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
    Charlemagne — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
  Medieval Europe - Free World History Worksheets and More
Lectures in Medieval History
   TIMELINE: Medieval Europe
  TIMELINE: Middle Ages
  TIMELINE: 6th to 15th Centuries
  Internet History Sourcebooks: Medieval Maps
  LiveLeak.com - Map of Europe: 1000 AD to present day
  ORB: The Medieval Encyclopedia
  Medieval Europe - All Empires
   Medieval History - Life in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
    BBC - History: Anglo-Saxons
  Castles, Chateaux, Chateaux Forts and Manor Houses
  Castles Life
   Feudalism and the Feudal Relationship
  European Feudalism
  The Rise of Feudalism, 850-1000 AD
  The Feudal Society of the Middle Ages
  Chivalry Today | Reimagining the Code of Chivalry
  Monty Python-Bring out your dead! - YouTube
  European Antisemitism from Its Origins to the Holocaust
For more, visit Mrs. Osborn's Middle Ages & Medieval Britain web pages.

The Vikings
BBC History - The Vikings
Vikings History
History of the Vikings
PBS Nova - Who Were the Vikings?

The Medieval Church
   Religion in the Middle Ages
  Early Christianity
    Medieval Church 
  Great Schism: 1378-1415 - The Great Schism (1378-1415)
  Compare and Contrast the Byzantine Empire with Medieval Europe - YouTube 
For MUCH more, check out section on Note Packet #16 below & visit Mrs. Osborn's Medieval Church web page.

  Byzantine Empire
Khan Academy: Byzantine Empire  
Byzantine Empire — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts 
   TIMELINE: Byzantine Empire
  Maps of the Byzantine Empire
  EMPERORS OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
  The Byzantine Empire 330-1204 - All Empires
  Byzantine Civilization
  Sassanids vs Byzantines - All Empires
  Byzantine Art | Thematic Essays
   Compare and Contrast the Byzantine Empire with Medieval Europe - YouTube
Much more on the Byzantine Empire on Mrs. Osborn's Byzantine Empire page.

Kievan Rus
Khan Academy: The Kievan Rus (video) 
  Kievan Rus' - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Kievan Rus' and Mongol Periods
  Kievan Rus – Russiapedia Russian history
  History of Russia from Early Slavs history and Kievan Rus to Romanovs dynasty
  History & Culture of Russia / Ancient Russia 
For MUCH more, visit Mrs. Osborn's Russia web page.

The Crusades
Khan Academy: The Crusades  
Crusades — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts 
  The Crusades - home page (click on "classroom" for a myriad of info & primary sources)
   Crusades - Timeline
    Medieval Church.org.uk: The Crusades
  ORB: Guide to the Crusades
  Crusades and Crusaders
  Crusades
  Medieval Warfare
  Primary Source: A CHRISTIAN/MOSLEM DEBATE OF THE 12TH CENTURY
For MUCH more, visit Mrs. Osborn's Crusades web page.

       

Late Medieval Europe into the RENAISSANCE (begins in Period 3)
  EyeWitness To The Middle Ages and Renaissance
History Guide - Lectures on Medieval and Early Modern European History
  MAP: Europe in the 15th Century
  MAP: Italy during the Renaissance
  Europe Historical Maps - Perry-Castaρeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
The Renaissance
  Internet Medieval Sourcebook  Selected Sources: Renaissance
  Middle Ages: the World from the 6th to 15th Centuries
  Europe, 1201 to 1500 CE
   Late Middle Ages: On Classes, Orders and Social Position
  End of Europe's Middle Ages - Feudal Institutions
  Medieval History - Life in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
  Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation
  Table of Contents (Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture)
  Breakin' the Law in the Late Middle Ages
  Heresy in the Late Middle Ages - Knox (click Next to move to next page)   
     Currency and Banking in the late Middle Ages - Knox
   The Black Death - Monty Python-Bring out your dead! - YouTube
Plague & Public Health in Renaissance Europe
Satan Triumphant: The Black Death - In the Wake of the Black Death
  Disease and demography (article) | Khan Academy
  PBS: Heritage: Civilization and the Jews (YouTube videos of the series)
  The Rise of Popular Heresies| Lectures in Medieval History
   The Hundred Years' War, 1336-1453 | Lectures in Medieval History
   The 12th Century Renaissance
  The Rise of the Universities| Lectures in Medieval History
  The Medieval Synthesis and the Discovery of Man: The Renaissance
  Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
  Renaissance Portraits
  Renaissance Writers
  Exhibits Collection -- Renaissance
  Engineering An Empire: Da Vinci's World (History Documentary) - YouTube
   Black Death — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
  Italian Renaissance — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
  William Shakespeare — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts 
   Children and Families during the Renaissance
  Women Of The Renaissance - Renaissance Women
    Elizabethan Card Games
  Medieval and Renaissance Food: Sources, Recipes, and Articles
  The Mind of Leonardo - The Universal Genius at Work
   For info on the Reformation/Early Enlightenment, check out the Period 4 page. Also, for MUCH more, visit Mrs. Osborn's Middle Ages & Renaissance/Reformation web pages.

 

 

       

Sui & Tang Empires
  TIMELINE: China - Chinese Dynasties
  History of China: Table of Contents
  History of China – Records of Ancient & Modern Chinese Dynasties
  China History, Chinese History, History of China, Ancient China History  
Sui Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Sui Dynasty, History of Sui Dynasty, China History Guide
  Sui Dynasty (581-618) – Chinese History: Imperial China Facts
  Chinese History - Sui Dynasty
   Tang Dynasty, History of Tang Dynasty, History of China
  Tang Dynasty (618-907) – Chinese History: Ancient China Facts
   Tang Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  China Tang Dynasty (618-907): Establishment, Glorious Period, Decline
  Tang Dynasty (618–906) | Thematic Essay
  Tang Dynasty, the Golden Age of China - Ancient China for Kids

 

Song Dynasty
Khan Academy: Song Dynasty 
TIMELINE: China - Chinese Dynasties
  History of China: Table of Contents
  China History, Chinese History, History of China, Ancient China History
  History of China – Records of Ancient & Modern Chinese Dynasties 
  Tang and Song Dynasties of China
Song Dynasty, History of Song Dynasty, China History
  The Song Dynasty in China | Asia Topics in World History
  Song Dynasty (960-1279) – Chinese History: Ancient China Facts
   Song Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  The Song Dynasty in China | Asia Topics in World History
  The Last Women Foot Binders Of China Deserve To Be Seen - Living with bound feet
  China Song Dynasty (960-1279): Emperors, Achievements
  The Song Dynasty - Ancient China for Kids
  Confucianism and the Chinese Scholastic System
Neo-Confucianism Philosophy - Neo-Confucianism
  Chinese Art History - Tang Dynasty - Web Resources and Image Links
  Tang Dynasty - The Art of Asia - Chinese Dynasty Guide
  Sung Dynasty - The Art of Asia - Chinese Dynasty Guide
  For many more sites, check out Mrs. Oz's China web page.

 

     

   

THE MONGOLS (Yuan Dynasty)
Khan Academy: Mongols 
East Asian History Sourcebook
  Indian Ocean in World History
  Steppe Nomads and Central Asia - All Empires - Don't forget those pesky Sogdians that showed up on the 2017 APWH Exam!
  The Mongols in World History | Asia Topics in World History
   Mongols are the Exception! - YouTube
  Millenium - The Mongols - YouTube
  'The Mongol Impact on World History' - Ed Vajda, WWU - YouTube

Ming Dynasty
  Ming Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Ming Dynasty in China History: Economy, Culture, Science
  Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) | Thematic Essay
  Zheng He - Admiral Zheng He (1371-1433) - China's Great Armada, Admiral Zheng He - National Geographic Magazine - NOVA | Ancient Chinese Explorers - Zheng He - YouTube

  

   

EAST, SOUTHEAST, & SOUTH ASIA CHRONOLOGIES - Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Delhi Sultanate

General Asia (East, Southeast, South) 
  Asia: 600-1000 CE - 1000-1450 CE
East Asian History Source Book
Timelines | Asia for Educators | Columbia University 

Medieval Japan
Khan Academy: Medieval Japan
  Japanese History: A Chronological Outline
Medieval Japan
The Age of the Samurai: 1185-1868 | Asia for Educators | Columbia University
  A Comparison of Japanese and European Feudalism
  Japanese & European Feudalism
  apworld - Japanese and European feudalism

  Korea & Vietnam
  A Timeline of Korean History
  Vietnamese History: A Chronological Outline
  Treasures of Champa Kingdom (Vietnam) - YouTube

  South Asia - Delhi Sultanate
  History of South Asia: A Chronological Outline
India History Source Book
Indian Ocean in World History
Delhi Sultanate

  

   

AFRICA - Mali & Songhai
  Internet African History Sourcebook
  The Empires of the Western Sudan: Mali Empire
  Mali Empire (ca. 1200- ) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
The Mali Empire - YouTube
  Ancient Africa for Kids - Kingdom of Mali
  Mali Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Mr. Dowling's Mansa Musa Page - Mansa Musa
  Songhai Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  The Empires of the Western Sudan: Songhai Empire
  Collapse: Mali & Songhai
  Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354
  Ibn Battuta on the Web
  Ibn Battuta, the Man Who Walked Across the World - BBC: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 - YouTube
Fellow Period 3 Travelers who wrote about their experiences: Marco Polo & Xuanzang 
  For now, visit Mrs. Osborn's Non-Western web pages.

 

  

      

Maya, Aztecs, Inca
Khan Academy: The Americas 
Civilizations in America
  Population Migration
  Collapse: The Maya
  Maya civilization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Maya Civilization
   The Rise and Fall of the Maya Empire — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures
  BBC - History - Ancient History in depth: The Fall of the Mayan Civilisation
  Collapse: Chaco Canyon & the Anasazi Indians
  Mississippian culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Mississippi Mound Builders
  Aztec History
  Aztec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Aztecs — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts
  Inca Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  NOVA | The Lost Inca Empire
  Incas
  Caribbean settlements in a Time Line
For many more sites, visit Mrs. Osborn's Meso-American web page.

 

   

TRADE - MIGRATION - INTERACTION
Worldipedia Key Concept 3.1 
Khan Academy: Environment & Trade - New Trading Cities - Cultural Interactions - Development of Financial Institutions
  Disease and demography | Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Migration Review
Population Migrations to the Americas
For info on the Silk Roads, Trans-Saharan Routes, Indian Ocean Trade, visit Mrs. Oz's Period 2 page.

 

  

INTERACTIVE QUIZZES, GAMES & ACTIVITIES FOR PERIOD 3
Khan Academy: Period 3 Quizzes
  AP World History Quizzes: AP World History Practice Tests
From our old textbook, Bulliet (Period 3 is Ch 9-16): Practice Tests
Study Games: Medieval - Byzantine Empire - Spread of Islam - Renaissance 
Medieval History Quizzes and Medieval History Trivia 
  The World at 1000....AD! Quiz
  Fling a Teacher! - Medieval Realms
  Europe in 814, at the Death of Charlemagne - Online Map Quiz
  Holy Roman Empire about 1000 CE - Interactive Map Quiz
  The Norman Conquest of England, 1066 - Online Map Quiz
  The Battle of Bouvines, July 27, 1214 - Graphic Quiz
  The People and Languages of Europe - Interactive Map Quiz 
  Byzantine Empire Online Hangman Game
  Byzantine Empire Interactive Flash Cards
  Byzantine Empire Multiple-Choice Online Quiz
  Byzantine Empire Two-Player Review Quiz Game
  Vikings Quizzes and Vikings Trivia -- Fun Trivia
  BBC: Viking Quest
  Europe at the Time of the First Crusade, 1096 - Map Quiz
  Crusaders' States after the First Crusade - Online Map Quiz
  Crusades - Fling the Teacher - Interactive game
  The Middle Ages -- Health: Medieval Medicine
  Renaissance -- Exploration and Trade: Become a Trader
  Renaissance -- Numbers in Nature
  Aztecs - Fling the Teacher - Interactive game - SchoolHistory.co.uk
  The tribes of Mesoamerica - Fling the Teacher - Interactive game
  China: The Ming Dynasty Quiz - China
   Chinese Dynasties (China Quiz Questions)
  High Middle Ages - Walk the Plank game
  The Great Plague (Black Death) - Fling the Teacher
  Norman Conquest - Interactive wordsearch
  William the Conqueror sliding puzzle
  Castles quiz
  Who should be King?
  Fling a Teacher! Era of the Renaissance
  Fling a Teacher! The Tudors
  A Shakespeae Biography Quiz
  Shakespearean Insulter
  Shakespearean Insults Generator
 
  GENERAL & JUST BECAUSE
  EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it
  Fling the Teacher - Interactive History games - More Interactive History Games
  Ancient History in the Movies - Medieval History in the Movies - Modern History in the Movies

 

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