AP World Periodization Review

Trade was the dominant economic systems of the era

• 1200-1450

• 1450-1750

• 1750-1900

• 1900-Present

 Centralized empires (kingdoms and city-states) controlled major trade routes

• 1200-1450

• 1450-1750

• 1750-1900

• 1900-Present

Kingdoms and city-states along trade routes experienced wealth and prosperity (that did not necessarily spread to lower classes of peasants or slaves).

• 1200-1450

• 1450-1750

• 1750-1900

• 1900-Present

The Silk Roads of Asia, Trans-Saharan of Africa, and Indian Ocean Trade Routes were the major paths along which trade occurred.

• 1200-1450

• 1450-1750

• 1750-1900

• 1900-Present

Trade allowed for the spread of religion, technology and knowledge, peoples, and disease.

• 1200-1450

• 1450-1750

• 1750-1900

• 1900-Present

Cultural and religious syncretism influenced peoples around the world.

• 1200-1450

• 1450-1750

• 1750-1900

• 1900-Present

The Mongol conquest of many regions created stability in some ways but also fractured existing structures.

• 1200-1450

• 1450-1750

• 1750-1900

• 1900-Present

In the Americas, trade was more localized during this era, but they did have contact with other Americans

• 1200-1450

• 1450-1750

• 1750-1900

• 1900-Present

Age of Exploration

• 1200-1450

• 1450-1750

• 1750-1900

• 1900-Present

Maritime Empires

• 1200-1450

• 1450-1750

• 1750-1900

• 1900-Present