AP World History Modern Periodization

The Russian and Ottoman Empires collapse.

• Post-Classical 1200-1450

• Early Modern 1450-1750

• Modern 1750-1900

• Contemporary 1900-Now

European Christianity forms syncretic religious beliefs with indigenous Latin American and Caribbean faiths.

• Post-Classical 1200-1450

• Early Modern 1450-1750

• Modern 1750-1900

• Contemporary 1900-Now

The Russian Empire emancipates serfs in order to create a new labor force.

• Post-Classical 1200-1450

• Early Modern 1450-1750

• Modern 1750-1900

• Contemporary 1900-Now

The Chinese invade Vietnam, discover quick-ripening champa rice, and experience a population increase.

• Post-Classical 1200-1450

• Early Modern 1450-1750

• Modern 1750-1900

• Contemporary 1900-Now

South Asia is partitioned into two states because of irreconcilable religious differences.

• Post-Classical 1200-1450

• Early Modern 1450-1750

• Modern 1750-1900

• Contemporary 1900-Now

Portugal creates a trading post empire in the Indian Ocean.

• Post-Classical 1200-1450

• Early Modern 1450-1750

• Modern 1750-1900

• Contemporary 1900-Now

A substantial number of Asians migrate to the Americas for agricultural labor.

• Post-Classical 1200-1450

• Early Modern 1450-1750

• Modern 1750-1900

• Contemporary 1900-Now

New racial classifications, such as mestizo, mulatto, and creole, emerge in colonial Latin America.

• Post-Classical 1200-1450

• Early Modern 1450-1750

• Modern 1750-1900

• Contemporary 1900-Now

The Tanzimat Reform in the Ottoman Empire provokes conservatives by its attempt to secularize education and define society as a collection of individuals equal before the law.

• Post-Classical 1200-1450

• Early Modern 1450-1750

• Modern 1750-1900

• Contemporary 1900-Now

Human population increases due to medical and scientific advances such as antibiotics and polio vaccinations.

• Post-Classical 1200-1450

• Early Modern 1450-1750

• Modern 1750-1900

• Contemporary 1900-Now