World History
Explore the history of the world from 1200 to the present. You will learn about the political, economic, and social development of the world.
1450 - 1750
Mughals of India
Protestant Reformation
Russian Empire
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
Spanish and Portuguese Empires
1750 - 1900
American Revolution
Central and South America
French Revolution
Imperialism
Napoleon
1900 - Present
Chinese History
Cold War
Human Rights
Rise of Hitler, Mussolini, and Fascism
World War I
World War I: Aftermath
World War II
600 - 1450
Byzantine Empire
Economy: Trade, Finance, Environment
Great Schism and the Crusades
Islam
Maya, Aztec, and Inca
Medieval China and Japan
Middle Ages
Mongols
Society: Migration, Cities, Disease
600 BCE - 600 CE
Alexander the Great
Ancient China
Ancient Persia
Classical Greece
Early Americas
Early Hinduism and Buddhism
Early Judaism and Christianity
Early Society
Rise and Fall of Empires
Roman Republic and Roman Empire
Trade and the Silk road
Unit 1: 1200 - 1450, Global Tapestry
1.1 Developments in East Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450
1.2 Development in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450
1.3 Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to 1450
1.4 State Building in the Americas
1.5 State Building in Africa
1.6 Developments in Europe fro c. 1200 to c. 1450
1.7 Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450
Unit 2: 1200 - 1450, Networks of Exchange
2.1 The Silk Roads
2.2 The Mongol Empire and the Making of the Modern World
2.3 Exchange in the Indian Ocean
2.4 Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
2.5 Cultural Consequences of Connectivity
2.6 Environmental Consequences of Connectivity
2.7 Comparison of Economic Exchange
Unit 3: 1450 - 1750, Land-Based Empires
3.1 Empires Expand
3.2 Empires: Administration
3.3 Empires: Belief Systems
3.4 Comparison in Land-Based Empires
Unit 4: 1450 - 1750, Transoceanic Interconnections
4.1 Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750
4.2 Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750
4.3 Columbian Exchange
4.4 Maritime Empires Established
4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed
4.6 Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750
4.7 Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 1750
4.8 Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750
Unit 5: 1750 - 1900, Revolutions
5.1 The Enlightenment
5.2 Nationalism and Revolutions in the Period from 1750 to 1900
5.3 Industrial Revolution Begins
5.4 Industrialization Spreads in the Period from 1750 to 1900
5.5 Technology of the Industrial Age
5.6 Industrialization: Government's Role from 1750 to 1900
5.7 Economic Developments and Innovations in the Industrial Age
5.8 Reactions to the Industrial Economy from 1750 to 1900
5.9 Society and the Industrial Age
5.10 Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age
Unit 6: 1750 - 1900, Consequences of Industrialization
6.1 Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 1900
6.2 State Expansion from 1750 to 1900
6.3 Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 1900
6.4 Global Economic Development from 1750 to 1900
6.5 Economic Imperialism from 1750 to 1900
6.6 Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World
6.7 Effects of Migration
6.8 Causation in the Imperial Age
Unit 7: 1900 - Present, Global Conflict
7.1 Shifting Power After 1900
7.2 Causes of World War I
7.3 Conducting World War I
7.4 The Economy in the Interwar Period
7.5 Unresolved Tensions After World War I
7.6 Causes of World War II
7.7 Conducting World War II
7.8 Mass Atrocities After 1900
7.9 Causation in Global Conflict
Unit 8: 1900 - Present, Cold War and Decolonization
8.1 Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization
8.2 The Cold War
8.3 Effects of the Cold War
8.4 Spread of Communism After 1900
8.5 Decolonization After 1900
8.6 Newly Independent States
8.7 Global Resistance to Established Order After 1900
8.8 End of the Cold War
8.9 Causation in the Age of the Cold War and Decolonization
Unit 9: 1900 - Present, Globalization
9.1 Advances in Technology and Exchange After 1900
9.2 Technological Advances and Limitations After 1900: Disease
9.3 Technological Advances: Debates About the Environment After 1900
9.4 Economics in the Global Age
9.5 Calls for Reform and Responses After 1900
9.6 Globalized Culture After 1900
9.7 Resistance to Globalization After 1900
9.8 Institutions Developing in a Globalized World
9.9 Continuity and Change in a Globalized World
Up to 600 BCE
Ancient Americas
Ancient Egypt
Ancient India
Ancient Mesopotamia
Art, Innovation, and the Environment
Early Human Societies
Shang China