1. AP World History
Overview

2. Period 1 (to 600 B.C.E.) Paleolithic Societies
Neolithic Revolution: farming, surplus, specialization, towns and cities -> civilization
“Preclassic” River Valley Civilizations: Mesopotamia, Indus, Egypt,
China

3. Period 2 (600 BCE to 600 CE)
“Classic” Civilizations/Empires: Persia, Greece, Rome, Han China, Maurya/Gupta India, Maya
Contact between civilizations: Silk Roads
Formation/codification of major world religions: Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity

4. Period 3 (600 – 1450 CE)
“Post-Classic”: Islamic Caliphates, Tang China, Byzantine Empire, Western European kingdoms (Middle Ages), Mongols, West African kingdoms/empires, Aztec, Inca
Long-distance trade: Indian Ocean, Silk Roads, African coast

5. Period 4 ( CE)
Early Modern: Age of Exploration, Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment
Cultures in contact: slavery, trade, colonization
Ming/Qing China, Islamic Gunpowder empires

6. Period 5 ( CE)
Age of Revolution, Industrial Revolutions, decline of land-based empires, emergence of global empires

7. Period 6 (1900 – present CE)
World Wars, Totalitarianism, Great Depression, Nationalism, Cold War, end of empire, emergence of the modern world