AP World History | 1 Big School (By Blue Brain)

Course Content

Beginnings – 600 BCE

The origin of humans and early human societies
History and prehistory
Peopling the earth
Organizing paleolithic societies
The Neolithic Revolution and the birth of agriculture
The Neolithic Revolution and early agriculture
The spread of agriculture
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamia and the Hebrew Bible
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt and the Nile River Valley
The Hittite Empire and the Battle of Kadesh
Ancient art and artifacts
The Standard of Ur
The Rosetta Stone (Opens a modal)
Ancient India
Indus River Valley civilizations (Opens a modal)
The Vedic Period
Sanskrit connections to English
Shang China
Shang Dynasty in Ancient China
Human innovation and the environment
Development of agriculture and writing
Collective learning
Agriculture and human population
Firestick farming in early Australia

600 BCE – 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations

Ancient Persia
Classical Greece
The rise and fall of empires
Ancient Rome
Ancient and Imperial China
Early Judaism
Early Christianity
Early Americas
Empires in India
Early Hinduism
Early Buddhism
Syncretism
Women and families
Transregional trade: the Silk Road
Byzantine Empire
Justinian and the Byzantine Empire
Comparing Roman and Byzantine Empires

600 – 1450 Regional and interregional interactions

European Middle Ages: feudalism and serfdom
Overview of the Middle Ages
Feudal system during the Middle Ages
Serfs and manorialism
Peasant revolts (Opens a modal)
Origins of Islam
Introduction to Islam
Beginnings of Islam: The life of Muhammad (Opens a modal)
Beginnings of Islam: The Hijra to Medina and the conversion of Mecca
Contextualization of the development of Islam (Opens a modal)
Spread of Islam
The spread of Islam
Spread of Islamic Culture
Sunni and Shia Islam
Sunni and Shia Islam part 1
Sunni and Shia Islam part 2
Golden Age of Islam
Golden age of Islam
The Great Schism
Christianity in the Roman Empire (Opens a modal)
The Council of Nicaea
Great Schism or East-West Schism part 1
Great Schism or East-West Schism part 2
Knights Templar | World History | Khan Academy (Opens a modal)
The Crusades
Introduction to the Crusades
An overview of the Crusades (part 2)
Impact of the crusades
Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
Why were the Mongols so effective?
Timur
Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires (Opens a modal)
The Mongols
Chinese Imperial Dynasties
Neo-Confucianism and Zhu Xi
Prosperity in Song China (960-1279) (Opens a modal)
Song China
Classical Japan during the Heian Period
Shoguns, samurai and the Japanese Middle Ages
Medieval Japan
Aztec Empire
Inca Empire overview
Maya, Aztec, and Inca
Early medieval trade
Environment and trade
Causes and effects of human migration
Human migration
Knights Templar | World History | Khan Academy
Development of financial institutions
Spanish and Portuguese Empires
Spain, Portugal, and the creation of a global economy
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

1450 – Present

Mughal rule in India
Mughal rule in India
Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires
Sikhism
Sikhism introduction
Continuity-Sikhism connections to Hinduism and Islam
The Russian Empire
How did Russia begin?
American Revolution
Background and introduction to the United States Declaration of Independence
French Revolution
French Revolution (part 1)
Latin American independence
Latin American independence movements (Opens a modal)
Imperialism
Industrialization and imperialism
Opium Wars
Japanese Imperialism
World War I
Empires before World War I
The Great War begins
Technology in World War I (Opens a modal)
Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Balfour Declaration
Arabia after World War I
Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles (Opens a modal)
World War II
Initial rise of Hitler and the Nazis
Hitler and the Nazis come to power
Nazi aggression and appeasement
Fascism and Mussolini
Mussolini aligns with Hitler (Opens a modal)
Beginning of World War II
1945 – End of World War II
Overview of Chinese history 1911-1949
Overview of Chinese history 1911 – 1949
The Cold War
Communism
Vietnam War
Allende and Pinochet in Chile
Pattern of US Cold War interventions
Human rights
The Holocaust
International Human Rights
Independence movements in the 20th Century (Opens a modal)

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Course Content

Beginnings – 600 BCE

The origin of humans and early human societies

History and prehistory

Peopling the earth

Organizing paleolithic societies

The Neolithic Revolution and the birth of agriculture

The Neolithic Revolution and early agriculture

The spread of agriculture

Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia and the Hebrew Bible

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt and the Nile River Valley

The Hittite Empire and the Battle of Kadesh

Ancient art and artifacts

The Standard of Ur

The Rosetta Stone (Opens a modal)

Ancient India

Indus River Valley civilizations (Opens a modal)

The Vedic Period

Sanskrit connections to English

Shang China

Shang Dynasty in Ancient China

Human innovation and the environment

Development of agriculture and writing

Collective learning

Agriculture and human population

Firestick farming in early Australia

600 BCE – 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations

Ancient Persia

Classical Greece

The rise and fall of empires

Ancient Rome

Ancient and Imperial China

Early Judaism

Early Christianity

Early Americas

Empires in India

Early Hinduism

Early Buddhism

Syncretism

Women and families

Transregional trade: the Silk Road

Byzantine Empire

Justinian and the Byzantine Empire

Comparing Roman and Byzantine Empires

600 – 1450 Regional and interregional interactions

European Middle Ages: feudalism and serfdom

Overview of the Middle Ages

Feudal system during the Middle Ages

Serfs and manorialism

Peasant revolts (Opens a modal)

Origins of Islam

Introduction to Islam

Beginnings of Islam: The life of Muhammad (Opens a modal)

Beginnings of Islam: The Hijra to Medina and the conversion of Mecca

Contextualization of the development of Islam (Opens a modal)

Spread of Islam

The spread of Islam

Spread of Islamic Culture

Sunni and Shia Islam

Sunni and Shia Islam part 1

Sunni and Shia Islam part 2

Golden Age of Islam

Golden age of Islam

The Great Schism

Christianity in the Roman Empire (Opens a modal)

The Council of Nicaea

Great Schism or East-West Schism part 1

Great Schism or East-West Schism part 2

Knights Templar | World History | Khan Academy (Opens a modal)

The Crusades

Introduction to the Crusades

An overview of the Crusades (part 2)

Impact of the crusades

Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire

Why were the Mongols so effective?

Timur

Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires (Opens a modal)