AP WORLD HISTORY: SETTING THE STAGE
ALL OF AP WORLD HISTORY IS A STAGE… LET’s MEET THE PLAYERS
MIDDLE EAST
SUMERIAN EMPIRE
BRITISH EGYPT
(3000-1700 BCE)
(1882-1953 CE)
BABYLON EMPIRE
(1800-1500 BCE)
HITTITE EMPIRE
(1600-1200 BCE)
EGYPTIAN EMPIRE
(3000-1000 BCE)
Achaemenid: 550-330 BCE
Parthian: 247 BCE-224 CE
Sasanian: 224 CE-651 CE
Umayyad: 622-750
Abbasid: 750-1258
SAFAVID EMPIRE
ISRAEL
(1501-1736 CE)
(1948-PRESENT)
HELLENISTIC KINGDOMS
(323 BCE-30 BCE)
ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
EAST ASIA
COMMUNIST CHINA
(1949-PRESENT)
(2500-600 BCE)
YELLOW RIVER VALLEY
(4000-2000 BCE)
Qin: 221 BCE-206 BCE
Han: 220 BCE-280 CE
Sui: 581-618
Tang: 618-907
Song: 960-1279
Yuan: 1272-1368
Ming:1368-1644
U.S.S.R.
(1917-1991)
EUROPE
Greeks: 600-146 BCE
Roman Republics: 509-27
Roman Empire: 27 CE-476
VIKINGS: 750-1050
PHOENICIAN EMPIRE
(1200-539 BCE)
AFRICA
GERMAN EMPIRE
(1871-1919 CE)
ITALIAN CITY STATES
Cordoba: 929-1031
REPUBLIC of GHANA
(1957-PRESENT)
SWAHILI CULTURE
(200 CE-)
REPUBLIC of GHANA
(1957-PRESENT)
RWANDAN GENOCIDE (94)
SOUTH ASIA
1206-1526
REPUBLIC OF INDIA
INDUS RIVER VALLEY
(3300-1900 BCE)
(1950-PRESENT)
Mauryan: 322 BCE-185 BCE
Guptan: 400 CE- 600 CE
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
(1950-PRESENT)
LATIN AMER.
MAYANS: 2000 BCE-250 CE
CHAVIN EMPIRE
TOLTECS
(900-200 BCE)
(800-1000 CE)
NORTH AMER
CHEROKEE NATION
(1794 CE-1907 CE)
OCEANIA
S.E. ASIA
PAPA NEW GUINEA
POLYNESIAN MIGRATIONS
(7000 BCE-?)
(300 CE-1300 CE)
SIAM (THAILAND)
(1782 CE-1932 CE)
CAMBODIAN
GENOCIDE
VIETNAM
(1976-PRESENT)