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AP World History

Study major developments across regions, compare societies, and practice writing historical arguments. Content here is a starting outline you can expand.

3 units6 lessons3 terms
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Units

Work through the outline like a study guide. Each unit holds short lesson notes and key concepts you can expand later.

Unit 1 of 3

2 lessons

The Global Tapestry

States, belief systems, and networks around 1200–1450.

Key concepts

  • State building
  • Belief systems
  • Trade networks

  • Lesson

    East Asia and Dar al-Islam

    Political structures and cultural traditions.

  • Lesson

    South Asia, the Americas, and Africa

    Regional states and exchange.

Unit 2 of 3

2 lessons

Networks of Exchange

How goods, people, and ideas moved across Afro-Eurasia.

Key concepts

  • Commercial expansion
  • Diasporic communities
  • Technological diffusion

  • Lesson

    Silk Roads and Indian Ocean

    Causes and effects of long-distance trade.

  • Lesson

    Mongol connections

    Empire, communication, and cultural transfer.

Unit 3 of 3

2 lessons

Land-Based Empires

Gunpowder empires and methods of imperial control.

Key concepts

  • Imperial administration
  • Religious policy
  • Military technology

  • Lesson

    Administration and belief

    How rulers legitimize and consolidate power.

  • Lesson

    Comparison across empires

    Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal, and others.

Vocabulary

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