AP World History: Review
Increased Interactions
Political & Religious Foundations
Transition
WHAP Important Dates – Post-Classical
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500s CE
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589 CE
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618 CE
535 CE
610ff CE
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661 CE
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750 CE
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945 CE
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1000 CE
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1054 CE
1096ff CE
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1206ff CE
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1279 CE
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1127 CE
1258 CE
Crisis
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800 CE
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Strength Proliferates
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1433 CE
1453 CE
1300s CE
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Word Bank
Abbasid influenced by outsiders
Abbasid, end
Aztecs & Incas, rise
Bantu migrations complete
Bubonic plague
Byzantium, end
Catholic & Orthodox Schism
Charlemagne, rise
Crusades begin
Early Medieval to High transition
Ghana’s peak
Gupta ends
Islam, rise
Justinian’s reign
Mali & trans-Saharan trade’s peak Mongol expansion
Song in decline
Song to Yuan transition
Sui, rise
Tang, beginning
Umayyad, beginning
Umayyad to Abbasid transition
Yuan to Ming transition
Zheng he’s voyages end
AP World History: Review
Categorize the events into postclassical sub-periods.
Early in Period
Middle of Period
End of Period
After reviewing the completed timeline, answer the following questions.
1. At the side of timeline, sub-periods are labeled. What additional sub-periods exist? Look
for common developments. What might be some appropriate names for the sub-periods?
2. Place eight of the terms in the word chain below by placing terms that you see
connections between in adjoining links. Then, on the bottom, write a brief paragraph
explaining how the terms are connected.
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AP World History: Review
500s CE = Justinian’s reign, Bantu migrations complete
535 CE = Gupta Empire falls
589 CE = Sui Dynasty restores order
610 CE = Rise of Islam
618 CE = Rise of Tang
661 CE = Rise of Umayyad
750 CE = Umayyad falls & Abbasid established
800s CE = Charlemagne’s reign (also rise of Kievan Russia & spread of Orthodox via
Cyrillic to Russia)
(907 CE = Tang Dynasty ends)
945 CE = Abbasid fragments under outside influence (Buyids, Seljuks & Ottomans)
(960 CE = Song is established)
1000 CE = Early Middle Ages fade & High Middle Ages begin; Ghana peaks
1054 CE = Split between Catholicism & Orthodox Christianity
1096 CE = 1st Crusade is called
1127 CE = Song Dynasty shifts to the south
1206 = Mongol Expansion after Chinggis Khan takes leadership
1258 = end of the Abbasid (also Delhi Sultanate established)
1279 = Song Dynasty defeated & Yuan established
1300s = Plague spreads during Pax Mongolica; Yuan falls & Ming begins; the Mali
empire & the Trans-Saharan Network reach their peak; the Aztecs & Incas
establish empires in Americas (also Late Middle Ages start in Western Europe, Islam
spreads to SE Asia, Swahili city-states emerge)
1433 = Zheng He’s voyages end
1453 = Byzantine Empire ends as Ottoman capture Constantinople