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Welcome to AP Worldipedia, the free encyclopedia covering the content for Advanced Placement World History. Below are the topics on which this course is based. Each has been filled out into a narrative text with illustrative media. Although they do not necessarily follow the chronological order in which the content will be taught in class, they should be useful in summarizing the basics of the course. All questions on the AP World History test in May are built on the topics you see listed on this website.

AP World History: Modern: Course Content

1200 to 1450

Scienze matematiche, fisiche e naturali






Unit 1 The Global Tapestry

Topic 1.1 Developments in East Asia 1200 to 1450
Topic 1.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam 1200 to 1450
Topic 1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia 1200 to 1450
Topic 1.4 State Building in the Americas
Topic 1.5 State Building in Africa



Art, literatures, language, music






Unit 2 Networks of Exchange

Topic 2.1 The Silk Roads
Topic 2.2 The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World
Topic 2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean
Topic 2.4 Trans-Saharan Trade Routes


1450 to 1750

Scienze matematiche, fisiche e naturali










Unit 3 Land-Based Empires

Topic 3.1 Empires Expand
Topic 3.2 Empires: Administration
Topic 3.3 Empires: Belief Systems






Art, literatures, language, music










Unit 4 Transoceonic Interconnections

Topic 4.1 Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750
Topic 4.2 Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750
Topic 4.3 The Columbian Exchange
Topic 4.4 Maritime Empires Established
Topic 4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed
Topic 4.6 Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750
Topic 4.7 Changing Social Hierarchies 1450 to 1750


1750 to 1900

Scienze matematiche, fisiche e naturali










Unit 5 Revolutions

Topic 5.1 The Enlightenment
Topic 5.2 Nationalism and Revolutions
Topic 5.3 Industrial Revolution Begins
Topic 5.4 Industrialization Spreads

Topic 5.5 Technology of the Industrial Age
Topic 5.6 Industrialization: Government’s Role
Topic 5.7 Economic Developments and Innovations in the Industrial Age
Topic 5.8 Reactions to the Industrial Economy
Topic 5.9 Society and the Industrial Age

Art, literatures, language, music










Unit 6 Consequences of Industrialization

Topic 4.1 Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750
Topic 4.2 Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750
Topic 4.3 The Columbian Exchange
Topic 4.4 Maritime Empires Established
Topic 4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed
Topic 4.6 Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750
Topic 4.7 Changing Social Hierarchies 1450 to 1750




The Legacy (old) Course

Scienze matematiche, fisiche e naturali Period 1: 8000 BCE to 600 BCE

Key Concept 1.1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth
Key Concept 1.2 The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies
Key Concept 1.3 The Development and Interaction of Early Agricultural, Pastoral and Urban Societies

Art, literatures, language, music Period 4: 1450 to 1750

Key Concept 4.1 Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange
Key Concept 4.2 New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production
Key Concept 4.3 State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion

Period 2: 600 BCE to 600 CE Period 2: 600 CE to 600 CE

Key Concept 2.1 The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions
Key Concept 2.2 The Development of States and Empires
Key Concept 2.3 Emergence of Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange

Hobby, leisure, and media Period 5: 1750 to 1900

Key Concept 5.1 Industrialization and Global Capitalism
Key Concept 5.2 Imperialism and Nation-State Formation
Key Concept 5.3 Nationalism, Revolution, and Reform
Key Concept 5.4 Global Migration

Technology and applied sciences Period 3: 600 to 1450

Key Concept 3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks
Key Concept 3.2 Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions
Key Concept 3.3 Increased Economic Productive Capacity and its Consequences

Contents Period 6: 1900 to Present

Key Concept 6.1 Science and the Environment
Key Concept 6.2 Global Conflicts and Their Consequences
Key Concept 6.3 New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, and Culture





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