AP World History: Modern units review

1AP World History: Modern Units Review

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• help students organize historical content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 overview

Unit	Time Period	Time importance	Places/ Peoples	Themes
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

Unit I: Tapestry, 1200-1450

Unit	Region	Period/ Empire	Subtopic	AP Topic	Notes
Unit 1: The Global Tapestry, c. 1200 to c. 1450	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 commercialization paper money manufacturing textiles porcelains iron/ steel products trade networks continued dependence upon peasants (farming) artisans (skilled labor) technologies farming steel & iron production 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 Champa rice (resistant to drought) Grand Canal Products: Steel & iron textiles porcelains
	East & Southeast Asia	Religions	Buddhism	Buddhism spread Buddhist schools and practices Theraveda Mahayana Tibetan
	West Asia & North Africa	Religions	Islam	1.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450 Dar al-Islam "home of Islam" = places under Muslim rule rise of Islamic states cause / effects internal & external factors Abbasid Caliphate collapse Islamic rule rise of Turkic Islamic states administrative units general governing policies Intellectual innovation & spread	"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 culture / technologies: mathematics (Nasir al-Din al Tusi) literature medicine Greek philosophy Islamic preservation of influence/ interpretation on/ by Islamic scholars "House of Wisdom" in Abbasid Baghdad Islamic culture / scholarship spread to Spain
			Christianity Judaism
				1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450
				1.4 State Building in the Americas
				1.5 State Building in Africa
				1.6 Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450
				1.7 Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450

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)