Historical Periodization for the Revised AP® World History Course
The AP World History course content is structured around the investigation of course themes and key concepts in six chronological periods. The six historical periods, from approximately 8000 B.C.E. to the present, provide a temporal framework for the course.
The instructional importance and weight for each period varies.
| Period | Period Title | Date Range | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technological and Environmental Transformations | To c. 600 B.C.E. | 5% |
| 2 | Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies | c. 600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E. |
15% |
| 3 | Regional and Transregional Interactions | c. 600 C.E. to c. 1450 | 20% |
| 4 | Global Interactions | c. 1450 to c. 1750 | 20% |
| 5 | Industrialization and Global Integration | c. 1750 to c. 1900 | 20% |
| 6 | Accelerating Global Change and Realignments | c. 1900 to the present | 20% |