Once upon a
time: Assessing
Historical
periodization
Do now: Read and answer
which periodization the
person, place or event took
place in ( try region too)
Asoka’s conversion to Buddhism and
establishing the Rock Pillar Edicts
 #2
600 B.C.E-600 C.E in South Asia
Aryan’s Vedic Age (earliest Hindu text the
Upanishads)
 #1
10,000 B.C.E-600 B.C.E in South Asia
First Civil Service system est. by Han Wudi
(meritocracy
 #2
600 B.C.E- 600 C.E in East Asia
Development of monasteries in Western
Europe
 #3
600-1450 in Western Europe
Mongol re-opening of the Silk Route
 #3
600-1450 in East Asia, Central Asia,
South Asia, Middle East and East Asia
Byzantine building of Hagia Sofia and est. of
Justinian’s Code
 #2
600 B.C.E- 600 C.E in Eastern Europe
Islam granting Dhimmi status to Jews and
Christians
 #3
600- 1450 in Middle East but also West
Europe (Iberia) and South Asia
Samurai providing protection through code of
Bushido
 #3
600-1450 in Eastern Asia (Japan)
Massive Urbanization of China
 #3
600-1450 in East Asia ( capitals like
Chang’An and GuangZhou)
Rational Greek approach to science
 #2
600 B.C.E-600 C.E in Eastern Europe
Venetian attack of Byzantine political and
economic center (Constantinople in 4th crusade
 #3
600-1450 in Eastern Europe
English peasant rebellion after black plague
 #3
600-1450 in Western Europe
Establishment of Spanish encomiendas
exploiting land, labor and capital
 #4
1450-1750 in Latin America
Bantu migrations and the spread of iron
metallurgy and agriculture
 #1,2,
and 3 ( 10,000 B.C.E-1450) in SubSaharan Africa- took place over a 1000
year period
Paleolithic hunter-gatherer societies
controlling fire for warmth and cooking
 #1further
back from 1.5 M.Y.A – 10,000
B.C.E in various locales( regions)- Middle
East the first to end paleolithic era (
neolithic comes next)
Inca development of road building, terrace
farming and suspension bridges
 #3
600-1450 in Latin America
The Great Dying leading to the largest
percentage loss of life from disease
 #4
1450-1750 in Latin America
Caesar August’s promise of peace and
prosperity
 #2
6000 B.C.E-600 C.E in Western Europe,
Eastern Europe, Northern Africa and
Southwest Asia (Middle East)
Development of a 22 character simplified
alphabet by the “carriers of civilization”
 #1
10,000 B.C.E- 600 B.C.E in
Mediterranean
The development of geometrical patterns on
Mosques to avoid idolatrous imagery
 #3
600-1450 starting in Middle East but
also Western Europe (Iberia), Sub-Saharan
Africa, South Asia and Central Asia
Southernization: pattern of intensified interactions
along the Indian Ocean involving Dhows, Lateen
sails and Junk Ships
 #3
600-1450 in the Indian Ocean Basin (
Includes Middle East, SE Asia, E Asia,
Eastern Africa)
The abandonment of the Ming Dynasty’s
Oceanic voyages under Zheng he’s treasure fleet
 #3
600-1450 in East Asia
Mansa Musa’s Hajj and its subsequent impact
of Cairo’s gold
 #3
600-1450 in Sub-Saharan Africa and
Middle East
Alexander’s military extension into the Indus
River valley
 #2
600 B.C.E-600 C.E in East Europe, SW
Asia, and South Asia
Empress Wu Zeitan’s state sponsorship of
Buddhism
 #3
600-1450 in East and Central Asia
Your Turn
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Group1: Interaction between Humans and the Environment
Group 2: State-building Expansion and conflict
Group 3: Creation, Expansion and interaction of economic systems
Group 4: Development and transformation of social structures
Group 5: Development and Interaction of Culture
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Formats: Puppet show (holiday themed?), song (Auld Lang Syne, 12
days of WHAPmas), rap (holiday wrapping), and children’s story
(looking back on the year in WHAP), Acrostic Cheer (give me a…),
Newscast (WHAP all over the world),
Purpose:
To review key themes, vocabulary and
developments in World History AP
Rationale: to begin a review utilizing the materials (there will be
more) and to carry that over into the holiday break as the week we
come back will have a pre-midterm exam (probably Friday
January 9th 2015)