Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Medieval World

As Per CBCS BA 2nd Semester Syllabus History Honours Syllabus.

UNIT-I                                                                                                     PAGE NO

• Concept and chronology of Monarchy, Republic, and Empire in Rome:
  • Roman Civilization:
  • The Patricians and the Plebeians-Social Struggle:
  • Struggle between Rome and Carthage-Punic Wars:
  • Rise of Julius Caesar: fall of the Roman Republic:
• Slave society and Agrarian economy

 

• The society of early Rome

1.02.02. Roman economy:

1.03. Trade and Urbanization in Roman Empire

• Trade and Economy:
  • Farming:

UNIT: II

2.01.01. Civil Wars in Rome-Decline and fall of Roman Republic:

2.01.02. Rome under the Emperors:

2.01.03.01. Government and Society during the Roman Republic:

2.01.03.02. Administration System of Rome:

• Contribution of the Roman Civilization:

2.01.05. Religion in Ancient Rome:

2.01.06. Culture in Rome:

2.01.06.01. Art and Architecture during the Roman Monarchy period (753 BC-510 BC):

2.01.06.02. Art and Literature in the Roman Republic (510 BC-27 BC):

2.01.06.03. Art and architecture in Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD):

• The Third-Century Crisis:

2.08. The History of the Decline and fall of the Roman Empire:

UNIT-III

3.00. Economic developments in Europe from the 7th to the 14th centuries:

• Agriculture and Organization of production in the Middle Ages:

3.02. Towns and trade, technological developments:

3.02.01. Growth of the Medieval Towns of Europe:

3.02.02. Trade and Commerce:

3.02.03. Technological developments during medieval period:

3.03. Crisis of Feudalism

3.04. Peasants’ Revolt:

• Economy:

3.06. Arab Contribution towards science and technology to Civilization:

3.07. Chinese contribution to the world:

UNIT-IV

4.01. Expansion of Christianity

4.02. Development of the Catholic Church:

4.03. Religion, Culture and Society in Medieval Europe

4.03.01. Religion in the Middle Ages.

4.04. Culture in Medieval Europe

4.05. Society in Medieval Europe

UNIT-V

5.01.01. Sources to understand the History of central Islamic land

5.01.02. Ummah

5.01.03. Caliphate state

5.01.03.01. Emergence of Islam:

5.04 Break-up of the Caliphate and the Rise of Sultanates

5.02.01. Religious Developments: The origins of Shariah:

5.02.02. The Mihna

5.02.03. Sufism

5.03. Urbanization and trade

5.04. Learning and Culture

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