The time period for unit one is Circa 1200 to 1450 and the basic idea of this unit is to drop in on the various major civilizations around the world and understand how they are building and maintaining their state
Eligible men had to pass this exam, which was heavily based on Confucian classics, to get bureaucratic jobs. It was open to all social-economic statutes, but in reality, to study a man needed to be rich enough to not work and devote himself to study
Hinduism remained the most widespread religion in India, but Islam became the second most important and influential religion in the region with the establishment of the Delhi sultanate