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AP WORLD HISTORY Mr. peshler. This fast-paced, but engaging course, examines the world from its beginnings to current times This weighted course also provides students the ability to earn college credit The following slides provide glimpses of the topics to be discussed in class.
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This fast-paced, but engaging course, examines the world from its beginnings to current times • This weighted course also provides students the ability to earn college credit • The following slides provide glimpses of the topics to be discussed in class
I:Beginnings in History 100,000BCE-600BCE • Where do we come from? Where do we go? • The World’s First Bloody Revolution…Farming • The First Civilizations…Our modern building blocks
II: The Classical World 600BCE-600BCE • When in Rome, India , Greece, Africa and China… • Who, What, Where, When, Why religions formed
III: Accelerating Connections 600CE-1450CE • Global Trade value of gold = value of salt • A New Arrival…The World of Islam • A 12 million square mile empire • Medieval Europe v. The Middle Kingdom
IV: The World Shrinks 1450CE-1750CE • Europeans discovered the Americas…right? • A continent divided…A Reformation, Revolution & Enlightenment • The movement of human cargo
V: The European Moment 1750CE-1900CE • Industrialization…The Rise of the Machines • Age of Imperialism…This is my land • A few Atlantic Revolutions by the by…
VI: A New Globalized World 1900CE-Present • 2 World and 1 Cold War • Communism: Its Rise and Fall • Imperial Rebellions and Modern Uprisings