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AP World History: Modern Units general overview[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

  • note: "LO" = Learning Objective
Region Period/ Empire Subtopic AP Topics & Objectives Other Notes
East Asia: China Song Dynasty

960-1279

1.1 Cultural Developments and Interactions[edit | edit source]

LO A: Chinese dynasties and governance over time[edit | edit source]

  • 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

LO B: Chinese cultural traditions and effects on East Asia[edit | edit source]

  • continuity/ change in China
  • Buddhism
  • Chinese literary/ scholarly traditions
    • their spread to Korea & Japan

LO C: Chinese economy & economic innovation over time[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

LO D: Explain how systems of belief and their practices affected society in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.[edit | edit source]

  • spread
  • core beliefs
  • impact on societies in Africa and Asia
West Asia & North Africa Dar al-Islam Islam

LO E: Explain the causes and effects of the rise of Islamic states over time.[edit | edit source]

Islamic rule[edit | edit source]

  • 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

LO F: Explain the effects of intellectual innovation in Dar al-Islam.[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

LO G Explain how the various belief systems and practices of South and Southeast Asia affected society over time[edit | edit source]

LO H Explain how and why various states of South and Southeast Asia developed and maintained power over time.[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

LO I Explain how and why states in the Americas developed and changed over time.[edit | edit source]

  • states, including:
    • Maya city-states
    • Mexica
    • Inca
    • Chaco
    • Mesa Verde
    • Cahokia
Africa

1.5 State Building in Africa[edit | edit source]

LO J: Explain how and why states in Africa developed and changed over time[edit | edit source]

  • African states, including:
    • Great Zimbabwe
    • Ethiopia
    • Hausa kingdom
Europe religion

1.6 Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450[edit | edit source]

LO K Explain how the beliefs and practices of the predominant religions in Europe affected European society.[edit | edit source]

  • Christianity, Judaism and Islam
  • social impacts on Europe

LO L: Explain the causes and consequences of political decentralization in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450[edit | edit source]

political fragmentation & decentralization[edit | edit source]

  • decentralized monarchies
  • feudalism
  • manorial system

LO M: Explain the effects of agriculture on social organization in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450.[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]