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AP®︎ World History

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Unit 1: Beginnings - 600 BCE

What is World History?: Beginnings - 600 BCEThe origin of humans and early human societies: Beginnings - 600 BCEThe Neolithic Revolution and the birth of agriculture: Beginnings - 600 BCEAncient Mesopotamia: Beginnings - 600 BCE
Ancient Egypt: Beginnings - 600 BCEAncient India: Beginnings - 600 BCEShang China: Beginnings - 600 BCEAncient art and artifacts: Beginnings - 600 BCEHuman innovation and the environment: Beginnings - 600 BCE

Unit 2: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations

Ancient Persia: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsClassical Greece: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsThe rise and fall of empires: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsAncient Rome: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsAncient and Imperial China: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsEarly Judaism: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsEarly Christianity: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations
Early Americas: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsEmpires in India: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsEarly Hinduism: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsEarly Buddhism: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsSyncretism: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsWomen and families: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave CivilizationsTransregional trade: the Silk Road: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations

Unit 3: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactions

Byzantine Empire: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsEuropean Middle Ages: feudalism and serfdom: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsOrigins of Islam: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsSpread of Islam: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsSunni and Shia Islam: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsGolden Age of Islam: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsThe Great Schism: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsThe Crusades: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsThe Mongols: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactions
Song China: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsMedieval Japan: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsMaya, Aztec, and Inca: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsEnvironment and trade: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsHuman migration: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsDevelopment of new trading cities: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsCultural interactions along trade routes: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsDevelopment of financial institutions: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsDisease and demography: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactionsSocial institutions in the Islamic world: 600 - 1450 Regional and interregional interactions

Unit 4: 1450 - Present

Spanish and Portuguese Empires: 1450 - PresentScientific Revolution and Enlightenment: 1450 - PresentMughal rule in India: 1450 - PresentSikhism: 1450 - PresentThe Protestant Reformation: 1450 - PresentThe Russian Empire: 1450 - PresentAmerican Revolution: 1450 - Present
French Revolution: 1450 - PresentLatin American independence: 1450 - PresentImperialism: 1450 - PresentWorld War I: 1450 - PresentWorld War II: 1450 - PresentOverview of Chinese history 1911-1949: 1450 - PresentThe Cold War: 1450 - Present Human rights: 1450 - Present
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