Topic: Asia after Mongol rule |
World History |
| | Standard 23. Understands patterns of crisis and recovery in Afro-Eurasia between 1300 and 1450 |
| | | Level II [Grade 5-6] |
| | | | Benchmark 3. | Understands the origins and early expansion of the Ottoman Empire up to the capture of Constantinople in 1453 |
| | | | | Knowledge/skill statements |
| | | | | | 1. | Understands the origins of the Ottoman Empire |
| | | | | | 2. | Understands early expansion of the Ottoman Empire up to the capture of Constantinople in 1453 |
| | | Level III [Grade 7-8] |
| | | | Benchmark 5. | Understands the significance of Timur the Lame (Tamerlane) (e.g., the impact of conquests in Southwest Asia, India, and Central Asia; how Timur's rule encouraged a flourishing of cultural life in Samarkand and the role his government played in the support of arts and sciences) |
| | | | | Knowledge/skill statements |
| | | | | | 1. | Understands the impact of Timur’s conquests in Southwest Asia, India, and Central Asia |
| | | | | | 2. | Understands how Timur’s rule encouraged a flourishing of cultural life in Samarkand |
| | | | | | 3. | Knows the role Timur’s government played in the support of arts and sciences |
| | | Level IV [Grade 9-12] |
| | | | Benchmark 4. | Understands shifts in the leadership and political climate in China (e.g., the events that led to the collapse of Mongol rule in China; the reconstitution of the Mongol Empire under the Chinese Ming Dynasty; economic and political reforms and other achievements of the Hongwu emperor in China, and how these reforms restored for the Ming Dynasty continuity with pre-Yuan Empires) |
| | | | | Knowledge/skill statements |
| | | | | | 1. | Understands shifts in the leadership in China |
| | | | | | 2. | Understands shifts in the political climate in China |
| | | | | | 3. | Knows the events that led to the collapse of Mongol rule in China |
| | | | | | 4. | Understands the reconstitution of the Mongol Empire under the Chinese Ming Dynasty |
| | | | | | 5. | Knows economic and political reforms and other achievements of the Hongwu emperor in China |
| | | | | | 6. | Knows how the reforms of the Hongwu emperor restored for the Ming Dynasty continuity with pre Yuan Empires |
| | | | Benchmark 10. | Understands Timur the Lame's patronage of scholars, artists, and scientists at Samarkand; the extent to which the "Republic of Letters" was a widespread phenomenon; and evidence of cross-cultural communication among scholars and artists |
| | | | | Knowledge/skill statements |
| | | | | | 1. | Understands Timur the Lame’s patronage of scholars, artists, and scientists at Samarkand |
| | | | | | 2. | Understands the extent to which the "Republic of Letters" was a widespread phenomenon in Afro-Eurasia between 1300 and 1450 |
| | | | | | 3. | Knows evidence of cross-cultural communication among scholars and artists in Afro-Eurasia between 1300 and 1450 |
