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Major Topics in World History
Asia
(including East
Asia, South Asia,
Central Asia, and
the Middle East)
Period 1
… to 600 BCE
(Ch 1, 2, 3)
Period 2
600 BCE to 600 CE
(Ch 4, 5, 6, 7)
Period 3
600 CE to 1450
- First Civilizations: Shang
and Zhou
- First Civilizations:
Mesopotamia
- First Civilizations: Indus
Valley
- Persian Empire
- Qin and Han Dynasties
- Mauryan and Gupta
Dynasties
- Chinese Social Structure
- Indian Social
Structure/Caste System
- Patriarchy in China
- Alexander the Great
- Legalism, Daoism,
Confucianism
- Hinduism and Buddhism
- Judaism
- Zoroastrianism
- Christianity
- Axum
- Meroe
- Bantu Migrations
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- Ghana, Mali
- Songhay
- Swahili City-States
- Atlantic Slave Trade
- Songhay
- European Imperialism in
Africa
- Imperialism: Political and
Economic Systems
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- The Aztec Empire
- The Inca Empire
- European Empires in the
Americas (Spain, Portugal,
Britain)
- Colonial Societies in the
Americas
- Trans-Atlantic Trade/
Columbian Exchange
- Fur Trade
- Russian Empire
- Fur Trade
- Protestant Reformation
- Scientific Revolution and
Enlightenment
- Spread of Christianity to
China and America
- North American Revolution - Great Depression
- Haitian Revolution
- Cold War
- Spanish American
- Rise of the United States in
Revolutions
20th century
- Latin America and
Industrialization
Africa
- First Civilizations: Egypt
- Bantu Migrations
The Americas
- First Civilizations: Olmec
and Norte Chico
Europe
Oceania
(Cahokia)
(Mound Builders)
(Chaco Canyon)
Mayans
Teotihuacan
- Greek City-States
- Roman Republic/Empire
- Patriarchy in Athens and
Sparta
- Slavery in Rome and
Greece
- Greek Rationalism
- Christianity
(Ch 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13)
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Postclassical Japan
Sui, Tang, Song Dynasties
Buddhism in China
Tribute System in China
Birth and Spread of Islam
Umayyad and Abbasid
Caliphates (Arab Empire)
Islam in India, Anatolia,
West Africa, and Spain
The Mongols
The Ottomans
The Mughals
Zheng He’s Voyages
Byzantine Empire
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Feudalism
Crusades
Black Death
European States
Period 4
1450 to 1750
(Ch 14, 15, 16)
Period 5
1750 to 1900
(Ch 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Ming Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
Mughal Empire in India
The Ottoman Empire
Silver Trade
Indian Ocean Trade
(New Cultural Directions in
China, India, Islam)
- First Migrations and
Dreamtime
Multiple Regions:
Agricultural Revolution
Multiple Regions:
Trade--Silk Roads, Trans-Saharan, Indian Ocean
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Period 6
1900 to present
(Ch 21, 22, 23, 24)
Qing Dynasty
Ottoman Empire
Japan and Meiji Restoration Imperialism in Asia/Spheres of Influence in China
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Rise of Authoritarianism in
Japan
World War II
Communism in China
India and Independence
Modern Iran
Modern Turkey
- Independence and
Freedom in Africa
- South Africa and Freedom
French Revolution
Nationalism
Feminism
Abolitionism
Industrialization
Industrial Society
Industrialization in Russia, USA, and Japan
- Socialism and Communism
- European Imperialism in
Africa and Asia
- Imperialism in Australia and New Zealand
World War I
Great Depression
Rise of Authoritarianism in
Italy and Germany
World War II
Recovery of Europe
Communism in Russia
(Australia in the World
Wars)