AP World History Full Timeline

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  • Period: 750 to 1258

    Abbasid Caliphate

    DAR AL-ISLAM (CommonlyTested)
    - "house of Islam." Refers to regions where Islam's the dominant religion Islam law's practiced (SHARIA)
    - Areas where Muslims are majority
    - Distinguishes them from areas where non-Muslims hold power
    - Advanced science, math, med, philosophy (ISLAMIC GOLDEN AGE)
    • Islamic Empire, capital in Baghdad (modern-day Iraq)
    • Built around trade - used receipt and bill system
    • Abbasid Caliphate's decline led to the rise of Turkic Muslin Empires like the Seljuk Empire
  • Period: 960 to 1279

    Song Dynasty

    • Neo-Confucianism - emphasis on hierarchy FILIAL PIETY (CT)
      • Filial Piety: Practice of honoring one's ancestors and parents, placed lowest on importance to daughter in law
    • Women faced social political restrictions (EX. foot binding)
    • expansion of the imperial bureaucracy through merit-based bureaucratic jobs (maintains loyalty)
    • Economic development through AGRICULTURE
  • Period: 1095 to 1291

    Crusades

    • military campaigns by European Christians to convert Muslims and non-Christians