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$97

Exam Cost

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75 min

Time

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3-6

Credits

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~50/80

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What You'll Study

Unit 1: Ancient Near East

Mesopotamian civilizations and cuneiformAncient Egypt: pharaohs, religion, and societyHebrew traditions and monotheismPersian Empire and governance

🎓 Khan Academy — specific sub-units

→ Ancient Mesopotamia→ Ancient Egypt→ Persian Empire

Unit 2: Greece & Rome

Athenian democracy and Greek philosophyHellenistic world after AlexanderRoman Republic institutions and expansionRoman Empire: Pax Romana and decline

🎓 Khan Academy — specific sub-units

→ Ancient Greece (democracy & philosophy)→ Alexander & Hellenistic world→ Roman Republic & Empire

Unit 3: Medieval Europe

Fall of Rome and early medieval kingdomsFeudalism, manorialism, and the ChurchCrusades and East-West cultural exchangeByzantine Empire and Islamic civilization

🎓 Khan Academy — specific sub-units

→ Feudalism & manorialism→ Crusades→ Byzantine Empire→ Spread of Islam

Unit 4: Renaissance & Reformation

Italian Renaissance: humanism and artNorthern Renaissance and printing pressProtestant Reformation: Luther, Calvin, ZwingliCatholic Counter-Reformation and Council of Trent

🎓 Khan Academy — specific sub-units

→ Italian Renaissance→ Northern Renaissance & printing press→ Protestant Reformation

Unit 5: Early Modern Europe

Age of Exploration and colonial encountersAbsolutism: Louis XIV, Peter the GreatScientific Revolution: Copernicus to NewtonEarly Enlightenment thought

🎓 Khan Academy — specific sub-units

→ Age of exploration→ Absolutism (Louis XIV, Peter the Great)→ Scientific Revolution

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Free Resources We Recommend

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Modern States: Western Civilization I

Modern States (College Board partner)

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OpenStax: World History Vol. 1

OpenStax (free, peer-reviewed)

Ancient Near East through 1500.

YouTube: CrashCourse / Khan

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Ancient civilizations, Greece, Rome, Middle Ages, Renaissance.

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Course Notes

- OpenStax World History Volume 1 (CC BY 4.0): https://openstax.org/details/books/world-history-volume-1 - Saylor Academy HIST101 (CC BY): https://learn.saylor.org/course/hist101 - Khan Academy ancient & medieval history: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history

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