AP WORLD HISTORY
OUTLINE HEADINGS FOR UNIT I (CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3) AND UNIT II (CHAPTERS) 4, 5,
6, 7
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Technology sections do not have subheadings.
UNIT I TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS TO c.
600 B.C.E.
CHAPTER 1 FROM THE ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE TO THE FIRST RIVER VALLEY
CIVILIZATIONS, 8000-1500 BCE
I. Before Civilization
A. Food Gathering and Stone Technology
B. The Agricultural Revolutions
C. Life in Neolithic Communities
II. Mesopotamia
A. Settled Agriculture in an Unstable Landscape
B. Cities, Kings, and Trade
C. Mesopotamian Society
D. Gods, Priests, and Temples
E. Technology and Science
III. Egypt
A. The Land of Egypt: “Gift of the Nile”
B. Divine Kingship
C. Administration and Communication
D. The People of Egypt
E. Belief and Knowledge
IV. The Indus Valley Civilization
A. Natural Environment
B. Material Culture
C. Transformation of the Indus Valley Civilization
V. Comparative Perspectives
VI. Summary
VII. Environment and Technology: Environmental Stress in the Indus Valley

CHAPTER 2 NEW CIVILIZATIONS I THE EASTERN AND WESTERN HEMISPHERES
2200-250 BCE
I, Early China 2000-221 BCE
A. Geography and Resources
B. The Shang Period, 1750-1027 BCE
C. The Zhou Period 1027-221 BCE
D. Confucianism, Daoism, and Chinese Society
II. Nubia, 3100- BCE-350 CE
A. Early Cultures and Egyptian Domination 2300-1100 BCE
B. The Kingdom of Meroe 800 BCE-350 CE
III. First Civilizations of the Americas: The Olmec and Chavin 1200-250 BCE
A. The Mesoamerican Olmec 1200-400 BCE
B. Early South American Civilization: Chavin 900-250 BCE
IV. Comparative Perspectives
V. Summary
VI. Environment and Technology: Divination in Ancient Societies
CHAPTER 3 THE MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST 2000-500 BCE
I. The Cosmopolitan Middle East 1700-1100 BCE
A. Western Asia
B. Commerce and Communication
II. The Aegean World 2000-1100 BCE
A. Minoan Crete
B. Mycenaean Greece
C. The Fall of Late Bronze Age Civilizations
III. The Assyrian Empire 911-612 BCE
A. God and King
B. Conquest and Control
C. Assyrian Society and Culture
IV. Israel 2000-500 BCE
A. Origins, Exodus, and Settlement
B. Rise of the Monarchy
C. Fragmentation and Dispersal
V. Phoenicia and the Mediterranean 1200-500 BCE
A. The Phoenician City-States
B. Expansion into the Mediterranean
C. Carthage’s Commercial Empire
D. War and Religion
VI. Failure and Transformation 750-550 BCE
VII. Summary
VIII Environment and Technology: Ancient Textiles and Dyes
IX. Issues in World History: Animal Domestication
UNIT II ORGANIZATION AND REORGANIZATION OF HUMAN SOCIETIES c. 600 B.C.E. TO C. 600 C.E.

CHAPTER 4 GREECE AND IRAN 1000-30 BCE
I. Ancient Iran 1000-500 BCE
A. Geography and Resources
B. The Rise of the Persian Empire
C. Imperial Organization and Ideology
II. The Rise of the Greeks 1000-500 BCE
A. Geography and Resources
B. The Emergence of the Polis
C. New Intellectual Currents
D. Athens and Sparta
III. The Struggle of Persia and Greece 546-323 BC
A. Early Encounters
B. The Height of Athenian Power
C. Failure of the City-State and Triumph of the Macedonians
IV. The Hellenistic Synthesis 323-30 BCE
V. Comparative Perspectives
VI. Summary
VII. Material Culture: Wine and Beer in the Ancient World
VIII. Environment and Technology: Ancient Astronomy
CHAPTER 5 AN AGE OF EMPIRES: ROME AND HAN CHINA, 753 BCE – 600 CE
I. Rome’s Mediterranean Empire 753 BCE – 600 CE
A. A Republic of Farmers 753-31 BCE
B. Expansion in Italy and the Mediterranean
C. The Failure of the Republic
D. The Roman Principate 31 BCE – 330 CE
E. An Urban Empire
F. The Rise of Christianity
G. Byzantines and Germans
II. The Origins of Imperial China 221 BCE – 220 CE
A. Resources and Population
B. Hierarchy, Obedience, and Belief
C. The First Chinese Empire, 221-207 BCE
D. The Long Reign of the Han 206 BCE-220 CE
E. Technology and Trade
F. Decline of the Han Empire
III. Comparative Perspectives
IV. Summary
V. Environment and Technology: Water Engineering in Rome and China
CHAPTER 6 INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA 1500 BCE – 600 CE
I. Foundations of Indian Civilization 1500 BCE – 300 CE
A. The Indian Subcontinent
B. The Vedic Age
C. Challenges to the Old Order: Jainism and Buddhism
D. The Rise of Hinduism

II. Imperial Expansion and Collapse, 324 BCE – 650 CE
A. The Mauryan Empire 323-184 BCE
B. Commerce and Culture in an Era of Political Fragmentation
C. The Gupta Empire 320-550 CE
III. Southeast Asia 50-600 CE
IV. Comparative Perspectives
V. Summary
VI. Environment and Technology: Indian Mathematics
CHAPTER 7 NETWORKS OF COMMUNICATION AND EXCHANGE 300 BCE – 600 CE
I. The Silk Road
A. Origins and Operations
B. The Sasanid Empire 224-600
C. The Impact of the Silk Road
II. The Indian Ocean Maritime System
A. Origins of Contact and Trade
B. The Impact of Indian Ocean Trade
III. Routes Across the Sahara
A. Early Saharan Cultures
B. Trade Across the Sahara
IV. Sub-Saharan Africa
A. A Challenging Geography
B. The Development of Cultural Unity
C. African Cultural Characteristics
D. The Advent of Iron and the Bantu Migrations
V. The Spread of Ideas
A. Ideas and Material Evidence
B. The Spread of Buddhism
C. The Spread of Christianity
VI. Summary
VII. Environment and Technology: Camel Saddles
VIII. Issues in World History: Oral Societies and the Consequences of Literacy