AP World History Institute, How to Think Historically
How to Think Historically It?s Easy: Ask When, Where, What and How! When (Periodization) Foundations 8000 BCE ? 600 BCE 600 BCE ? 600 CE 600 ? 1450 1450 ? 1750 1750 ? 1900 1900 ? the present Where (Region) East Asia East Africa South Asia South Africa SW Asia and North Africa (Middle East) West Africa The West Latin America and Caribbean What (Themes) 1. Interaction between Humans and the Environment Demography and Disease, Migration, Patterns of Settlement, Technology 2. Development and Interaction of Cultures Religions, Belief Systems/Philosophies/Ideologies, Science and Technology, the Arts and Architecture 3. State-building, Expansion, and Conflict