AP World History: Modern

What You'll Learn

• The Global Tapestry (c. 1200–1450) — Song China, Dar al-Islam, South and Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Africa (3 topics)
• Networks of Exchange (c. 1200–1450) — Silk Roads, Indian Ocean trade, trans-Saharan trade, and the Mongol Empire (2 topics)
• Land-Based Empires (c. 1450–1750) — Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal, Ming, Qing, and Russian empires (2 topics)
• Transoceanic Interconnections (c. 1450–1750) — Exploration, Columbian Exchange, maritime empires, and coerced labor systems (2 topics)
• Revolutions (c. 1750–1900) — Enlightenment, political revolutions, and the Industrial Revolution (2 topics)
• Consequences of Industrialization (c. 1750–1900) — Imperialism, nationalism, reform movements, and global migration (2 topics)
• Global Conflict (c. 1900–present) — World Wars, totalitarianism, and mass atrocities (2 topics)
• Cold War & Decolonization (c. 1900–present) — Superpower rivalry, proxy wars, decolonization, and the Non-Aligned Movement (2 topics)
• Globalization (c. 1900–present) — Economic globalization, technology, resistance, and 21st-century challenges (2 topics)