AP World History: Modern

Unit Library

Open the AP World History study library by unit. Units 1, 2, 3, and 4 are available from this course page.

1200-1750 CE AP World History 4 Units Available
Unit 1

The Global Tapestry

1200-1450

Political systems, belief systems, social hierarchies, and regional patterns across the world before major cross-regional acceleration.

East Asia Dar al-Islam Africa Europe State Building
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Unit 2

Networks of Exchange

1200-1450

Trade routes, empire expansion, technology transfer, commercial innovations, and the cultural effects of increased Afro-Eurasian connectivity.

Silk Roads Indian Ocean Trans-Saharan Commerce Technology
Open Unit 2 ->
Unit 3

Land-Based Empires

1450-1750

Imperial expansion, gunpowder empires, state-building, legitimacy, administration, taxation, and the strains that challenged land-based power.

Ottomans Safavids Mughals Qing Russia
Open Unit 3 ->
Unit 4

Transoceanic Interconnections

1450-1750

Maritime empires, oceanic trade, exploration, colonial systems, and the global consequences of intensified cross-ocean exchange.

Exploration Maritime Empires Trade Routes Colonialism Global Exchange
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