Question

PLEASE HELP — To what extent was southernization a process of hierarchical diffusion on the periphery versus a decline in power by the empires in the period 1200- 1450

Answer 1

• While Song China had a large bureaucracy to rule, Japan was very feudal and regional.
• While the Abbasid Caliphate used religion to help solidify its power, Western European kingdoms were separate from the power of the Roman Catholic Church.
• While the Swahili Coast was very interconnected to trade routes, Western Europe was very slow to develop because it was outside these trade routes.
• While the Silk Road connected large empires of Song China and the Abbasid Caliphate, Western Europe had no land-based trade routes to help it develop.
• In Europe, the three-field crop rotation, and Champa rice in China promoted larger populations
• Both the Mali Kingdom and the Abbasid Caliphate used Islam to unite peoples who were not united before.
• Both Song Dynasty and northern India kingdoms saw an increase in religious diversity.  
• Both Song Dynasty and northern India kingdoms saw an increase in religious diversity causing political and religious conflict.
• Both Christianity and Buddhism saw various divisions in their faiths causing political and religious conflict.