AP World History: Modern units review

AP World History: Modern -- Units, themes, topics & notes

Article purpose:

• help students make thematic and conceptual connections
• help students organize historical content
• based on and to organize College Board AP World History: Modern course guide:

AP World History: Modern Units general overview

Unit	Time Period	Time importance	Places/ Peoples	Notes
Unit 1: The Global Tapestry	c. 1200 to c. 1450	1200 growth in worldwide exchange rise of states 1450: Collapse of Constantinople to Turkish invasion consolidation of Islam across Mideast under Turkish empire	China Song Dynasty East Asia Confucianism Buddhism South & Southeast Asia Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam state formation/ change Islam: "Dar al-Islam" rise & spread of Islamic states fragmentation of Abbasid Caliphate Turkic rise (Ottoman) Islamic Spain Mongol Empire trade: Silk Road Indian Ocean Trans-Sahara environmental effects, including black death crops state building in Americas state building in Africa	state building in Americas state building in Africa trade: types of exchange environmental impacts of exchange Black death crops cultural diffusion religion, language, ideas, technologies, etc. religions
Unit 2: Networks of Exchange	c. 1450 to c. 1750			Columbian exchange Maritime empires Social hierarchies change
Unit 3: Land-Based Empires
Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections
Unit 5: Revolutions	c. 1750 to c. 1900
Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization
Unit 7: Global Conflict	1900 to the present
Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization
Unit 9: Globalization

AP World Themes

Themes	Unit 1-2
Culture development & interactions beliefs, identities political, social, and cultural implications	U1, 1200-1450
Economics development/ change over time forms of exchange production & consumption of goods and services	U1, 1200-1450
Governance state formation expansion & decline administrative institutions & practices distribution of power (rise, retention, exercise & decline) state purposes	U1, 1200-1450
Technology and Innovation adaptation & innovation advances in efficiency, comfort, and security impact on human/ social development and interactions intended and unintended consequences.	U1, 1200-1450

Unit I: Tapestry, 1200-1450

Unit Themes	Region	Period/ Empire	Subtopic	AP Topics & Objectives	Other Notes
Unit 1: The Global Tapestry, c. 1200 to c. 1450 Themes: Culture development & interactions beliefs, identities political, social, and cultural implications Economics development/ change over time forms of exchange production & consumption of goods and services Governance state formation expansion & decline administrative institutions & practices distribution of power (rise, retention, exercise & decline) state purposes Technology and Innovation adaptation & innovation advances in efficiency, comfort, and security impact on human/ social development and interactions intended and unintended consequences.	East Asia: China	Song Dynasty 960-1279		1.1 Cultural Developments and Interactions Learning Objective A: Chinese dynasties and governance over time 13th century innovation & diversity Song neo-Confucianism blend of traditional Confucianism with imperial bureaucracy impact on East Asia (Korea/ Japan) Confucian traditions filial piety role of women respect for expected deference from neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty influence on East Asia Learning Objective B: Chinese cultural traditions and effects on East Asia continuity/ change in China Buddhism Chinese literary/ scholarly traditions their spread to Korea & Japan Learning Objective C: Chinese economy & economic innovation over time economic growth / flourishing commercialization paper money trade networks: Silk Road continued dependence on: peasants (farming) artisans (skilled labor) technologies farming esp. champa rice (resistant to drought) manufactures steel & iron textiles porcelains Grand canal trade unification	Song China: Song blend of Confucianism & imperial bureaucracy expansion of Chinese culture filial piety deference from women Chinese literature & spread to Korea & Japan Confucianism & literature Analects Ballad of Mulan China trade & technologies Silk Road
	East & Southeast Asia	Religions	Buddhism	Buddhism spread Buddhist schools and practices Theraveda Mahayana Tibetan
		Abrahamic religions	Judaism Christianity Islam	1.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450 Learning Objective D: Explain how systems of belief and their practices affected society in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450. spread core beliefs impact on societies in Africa and Asia
	West Asia & North Africa	Dar al-Islam	Islam	Learning Objective E: Explain the causes and effects of the rise of Islamic states over time. Islamic rule Abbasid Caliphate collapse & fragmentation rise of Turkic Islamic states administrative units general governing policies innovation, continuity & diversity New Islamic political entities: Dar al-Islam "home of Islam" = places under Muslim rule rise of Islamic states cause / effects internal & external factors Abbasid Caliphate collapse Seljuk Empire Mamluk sultanate of Egypt Delhi sultanates Learning Objective F: Explain the effects of intellectual innovation in Dar al-Islam. Intellectual innovation & spread mathematics (Nasir al-Din al Tusi) literature medical advances Greek philosophy: Islamic preservation of influence/ interpretation on/ by Islamic scholars "House of Wisdom" in Abbasid Baghdad Islamic culture / scholarship spread to Spain	"Pax-Islamica" dhimmi = non-Muslim person legal arrangements = "constitutional charters" terms of relations between religious groups Dar al-'Ahd = non-Muslim places w/ non-aggression agreement places at peace with Islamic nation/s "house of peace" Dar al-harb = non-Muslim places w/o non-aggression agreement or at war "house of war" spread of Islam Africa Spain Islamic missionaries Sufis
	South & Southeast Asia		spread of Hinduism Islam Buddhism	1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450 Learning Objective G Explain how the various belief systems and practices of South and Southeast Asia affected society over time Learning Objective H Explain how and why various states of South and Southeast Asia developed and maintained power over time. religions/ belief systems: Bhakti movement Sufism Buddhist monasticism Hindu/Buddhist states: Vijayanagara Empire Srivijaya Empire Rajput kingdoms Khmer Empire Majapahit Sukhothai kingdom Sinhala dynasties
	Americas			1.4 State Building in the Americas Learning Objective I Explain how and why states in the Americas developed and changed over time. states, including: Maya city-states Mexica Inca Chaco Mesa Verde Cahokia
	Africa			1.5 State Building in Africa Learning Objective J: Explain how and why states in Africa developed and changed over time African states, including: Great Zimbabwe Ethiopia Hausa kingdom
	Europe	religion		1.6 Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450 Learning Objective K Explain how the beliefs and practices of the predominant religions in Europe affected European society. Christianity, Judaism and Islam social impacts on Europe Learning Objective L: Explain the causes and consequences of political decentralization in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450 political fragmentation & decentralization decentralized monarchies feudalism manorial system Learning Objective M: Explain the effects of agriculture on social organization in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450. dominantly agrarian societies agricultural structures & systems labor free and coerced serfdom	Magna Carta
				1.7 Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450 Abbasid Caliphate fragmentation new Islamic states continuity, innovation, change States and empires continuity, innovation, expansion, diversity esp. Song Dynasty also Americas and Africa state formation in South and Southeast Asia emergence of new Hindua and Buddhist states

todo: to add

Macuilxochitzin and "gender parallelism" under Aztec and Inca

External sources & resources

• APWH Home (harmonhistory.com)
• AP World History (APWH) | Mr. E's Codex (erfurth.co)