World History

Chapter 10 Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase * ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Classical Greece, 800-350 B.C.E. ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Early Development of Greek Society Minoan society Island of Crete Major city: Knossos Ca. 2200 B.C.E., center of maritime trade Scholars unable to decipher Linear A script * ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Decline of Minoan Society Series of natural disasters after 1700 B.C.E. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves Foreign invasions

AP World History Reading Schedule Period II: 600 BCE ? 600 CE The reading assigned is homework for the date listed. You should be prepared to discuss the material the next day in class. Regular, unannounced reading quizzes will be given to ensure that you are keeping up with the material. Additional primary source material will also be included at regular intervals. Notes are to be handwritten unless teacher permission is given. Please take notes on unit introductions and conclusions as well. Notes must be compiled daily, being labeled with page #s and/or dates of assignment. Failure of receive a grade of at least a 2/5 on the notebook check will result in daily reading quizzes during Period III. Chapter 7: The Empires of Persia 9/9: Part II Intro & Rise of Persia, pp. 128-37

Chapter 11: Mediterranean Society: The Roman Phase Themes Beware the temptation to dwell too much in the details. For world history purposes, the Romans were indeed a ?phase? of the Mediterranean classical societies, and should be taught and discussed the same way that the classical Persian, Indian, and Chinese empires were taught. Students need to pick up the similarities as well as identify a distinguishing characteristic or two about each of these classical societies.

Chapter 13 The Expansive Realm of Islam * ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Muhammad and His Message Born about 570 C.E. to merchant family in Mecca Orphaned as a child Marries wealthy widow ca. 595 C.E., works as merchant Familiarity with paganism, Christianity and Judaism as practiced in Arabian peninsula ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Muhammad?s Spiritual Transformation Visions, ca. 610 C.E. Archangel Gabriel Monotheism ? Allah Attracts followers in Mecca ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * ?2011, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Quran