AP World History Modern

By smartc00kie
  • 1200

    Dynasties

    Pre(Song Dynasty)
    Dar-Al-Islam(Abbasid Caliphates, Delhi Sultanate, Mamuluks in Egypt)
    African(Great Zimbabwe-walled society monarch etc.) decentralized w/ kinship ties for rest of them
    American(Aztec/Mexicas, Incas, other civilizations-Mesa Verde etc.)
    European (Feudalism/Manorial systems, Roman Catholic church ^^ Orthodox Church)
    SE Asia (Srivijaya, Maja phit, Khmer (Angkor))
  • Period: 1200 to 1450

    Period 1

    Global Networks (Cultural exchange- Islam!)
    Networks of Exchange (Mongols+Silk Road+Indian Ocean Trade & Trans-Saharan trade)
  • 1256

    Mongol Khanates Established

    (Ilkhanate)Iran and Iraq,
    Golden Horde-Southern Russia,
    Yuan Dynasty-China
  • 1346

    Black death/Bubonic Plague

    Mongol transmitted through fleas--> Silk Road
    Biggest impact on Europe (dec population, econ)
  • 1350

    End of Yuan Dynasty

    Yuan Dynasty ended by Red Turban Rebellion (peasants' uprising) in the 1350's
  • 1450

    Land-Based Empires

    Qing (Manchu) Empire-China,
    Mughal Empire (India),
    Safavid Empire,
    Ottoman Empire,
    Songhai Empire (Africa),
    Tokugawa Empire(Japan),
    Russian Empire,
    Aztec (Mexica),
    Inca (SA)
  • 1450

    Gunpowder Empires

    (Islamic) Multiethnic states that relied on firearms(gunpowder) for expansion/controlling territories
    Inc: Ottoman(Sunni), Safavid(Shi'a), Mughals
  • 1450

    End of Europen medieval period--> Monarchy

    New monarchies in 1500 result of centralizing power and leader's control. Bureaucracies+middle cass ^^, church dec
  • Period: 1450 to

    Period 2

    Land-Based Empires (Gunpowder empires, Empire expansion through consolidation and legitimization[Religion, architecture, Tribute/Tax collection], Belief Systems)
    Transoceanic Interconnections (Innovations, Exploration, Columbian Exchange, Maritime Empires, Resistance, Social Hierarchy)
  • 1492

    Colombian Exchange

    Year= year Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean
    Causes:GGG
    Effects: [European brought] Disease(smallpox, measles, etc.),
    Cash Crops (Cotton, tobacco, from N. Am Sugar from Carribean<-- Slavery)
    Staple Crops (Tomatoes, cacao, potatoes, etc. from Americas)
    Africa (Citrus/exotic fruits, rice)
    Europe (Horses, cows, pigs, livestock, etc.)
  • 1500

    Protestant Reformation

    Movement in 1500's started by Martin Luther and his 95 Theses calling for reformation of the church (John Calvin in France)
  • 1500

    Catholic Reformation

    Response to Protestant Reformation
    Council of Trent: defined doctrine+ reform,
    Society of Jesus: Jesuits (missionaries)
  • 1500

    Maritime Empires

    (ignore date)
    Portugal,
    Spain,
    England,
    France,
    Dutch(Holland)

  • Maratha(Shivaji) Empire Established

    Maratha (Hindu warriors) challenge (Islamic) Mughal rule

  • Enlightenment

    17th-18th century intellectual movement
    reason/scientific thought> tradition/religion & individualism>
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    Period 3

    Revolutions (Enlightenment,--> Political, Industrial)
    Consequences of Industrialization (Expansion +response[unions/reform], Migration)
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    American Rev

    Declaration of Independence (1776), Constitution(1787), Inspired others,
    Political change but social=,
    Cause: high tax/tarrif(imperial) + no rep+ distance from Britan

  • Feudal Rights/Era Ended

    England officially ending feudal rights (end of serfdom a while back too)
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    French Rev

    3rd Estate(peasant)--> National Assembly,
    Feudal system abolished+ Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens created,
    1871 Republic of France formed
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    Haitan Rev.

    Inspired by french rev,
    Slave rebellion(successful) against French in Saint Domingue (Caribbean/Haiti)
    Leader= Toussaint L'ouverture

  • Industrial Rev.

    (1760- 1820~1840)
    Mechanization and move to a factory system (Chain of command/interchangeable parts, unskilled workers) Coal>
    Ex:Steam engine, spinning jenny

  • End of Atlantic Slave Trade

    Trade banned but slavery continued, date is when King George III signed into law the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
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    Latin American Revolutions

    Casta System
    Spanish colonies in South America:Simón Bolívar(Creole) led rev. against peninsulares
    Mexico: Father Hidalgo+ Jose Morelo pushed for social equality (abolition of casta system) crushed by Creoles

  • Meiji Restoration

    (1868-1889)
    Took warning of China (Opium War) and US demands(Matthew Perry), Era of rapid industrialization and modernization
    -abolished feudalism--> constitutional monarchy
    -private industry

  • New Zealand Wars(1845 to 1872)

    Brit v.s Idg Maori,
    British colonized officially in 1840--> maori uprisings(Unsuccessful)

  • South Africa & Boer Wars

    (1880-1881) (1899-1902)
    Afrikaners(Dutch) v. british over land, separation of Afrikaners and Africans

  • 2nd Industrial Rev (late 19th- early 20th centuries)

    Steel, Oil>>(precision machinery, internal combustion engine), Electricity