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AP World History: Modern

9 units · 50 topics · 1,180 lessons · Exam: May

1200 to the present through networks of exchange, state building, revolution, and global conflict. It's built around the reasoning the DBQ and LEQ reward.

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  1. 1The Global Tapestry (c. 1200–c. 1450)
  2. 2Networks of Exchange (c. 1200–c. 1450)
  3. 3Land-Based Empires (c. 1450–c. 1750)
  4. 4Transoceanic Interconnections (c. 1450–c. 1750)
  5. 5Revolutions (c. 1750–c. 1900)
  6. 6Consequences of Industrialization (c. 1750–c. 1900)
  7. 7Global Conflict (c. 1900–present)
  8. 8Cold War and Decolonization (c. 1900–present)
  9. 9Globalization (c. 1900–present)
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1

The Global Tapestry (c. 1200–c. 1450)

How states and belief systems developed across Afro-Eurasia and the Americas.

  1. 1Champa Rice and Song ChinaUp next10 lessons
  2. 2Song Bureaucracy and Neo-Confucianism10 lessons
  3. 3Dar al-Islam32 lessons
  4. 4South and Southeast Asia, 1200–145032 lessons
  5. 5State Building in the AmericasCoverage growing
  6. 6Mali and Mansa Musa24 lessons
  7. 7Europe, 1200–145024 lessons
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Networks of Exchange (c. 1200–c. 1450)

Trade routes that connected Afro-Eurasia, and what moved along them.

  1. 1The Silk Roads36 lessons
  2. 2The Mongol Empire23 lessons
  3. 3Indian Ocean Trade24 lessons
  4. 4Trans-Saharan Trade30 lessons
  5. 5Consequences of ConnectivityCoverage growing
3

Land-Based Empires (c. 1450–c. 1750)

How gunpowder empires expanded, ruled, and legitimized power.

  1. 1Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals57 lessons
  2. 2The Devshirme System5 lessons
  3. 3Empires: Belief Systems42 lessons
  4. 4Qing, Mughal, and Tokugawa RuleCoverage growing
4

Transoceanic Interconnections (c. 1450–c. 1750)

Exploration, maritime empires, and the Atlantic world.

  1. 1Exploration: Technology and Causes27 lessons
  2. 2The Columbian Exchange30 lessons
  3. 3Maritime EmpiresCoverage growing
  4. 4Encomienda, Hacienda, and Mit'aCoverage growing
  5. 5The Atlantic Slave Trade31 lessons
  6. 6Challenges to State Power and Social Hierarchies19 lessons
5

Revolutions (c. 1750–c. 1900)

Enlightenment, revolutions, and the start of industrialization.

  1. 1Enlightenment Ideas11 lessons
  2. 2Nationalism and Revolutions7 lessons
  3. 3The Haitian Revolution36 lessons
  4. 4Why Industrialization Began in Britain5 lessons
  5. 5Industrialization Spreads16 lessons
  6. 6Reactions to the Industrial Economy15 lessons
6

Consequences of Industrialization (c. 1750–c. 1900)

Imperialism, resistance, and migration.

  1. 1Rationales for ImperialismCoverage growing
  2. 2New Imperialism19 lessons
  3. 3Indigenous Responses to Imperialism8 lessons
  4. 4The Meiji Restoration29 lessons
  5. 5Economic Imperialism6 lessons
  6. 6Migration in an Interconnected World20 lessons
7

Global Conflict (c. 1900–present)

Two world wars, the interwar crisis, and mass atrocities.

  1. 1Shifting Power After 190020 lessons
  2. 2Causes of World War I23 lessons
  3. 3Conducting World War ICoverage growing
  4. 4The Interwar PeriodCoverage growing
  5. 5World War II15 lessons
  6. 6Mass Atrocities After 190017 lessons
8

Cold War and Decolonization (c. 1900–present)

Superpower rivalry and the end of empires.

  1. 1The Cold War40 lessons
  2. 2Mao and the Chinese Revolution12 lessons
  3. 3Decolonization46 lessons
  4. 4Newly Independent States11 lessons
  5. 5Global Resistance and the End of the Cold War7 lessons
9

Globalization (c. 1900–present)

Technology, economics, culture, and institutions in a connected world.

  1. 1Advances in Technology and Global HealthCoverage growing
  2. 2Debates About the EnvironmentCoverage growing
  3. 3Economic Globalization and Resistance18 lessons
  4. 4Calls for Reform and Globalized Culture13 lessons
  5. 5Institutions in a Globalized World5 lessons