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World History Honors
NEW SYLLABUS
Unit 0
How did Geography, Government, & Religion shape the First Civilizations?
(This Unit has been deleted, but there are a few things we will go over)
KNOW:
What is History, and how is it studied and written?
How did Humans progress from Hunter-Gatherers to the 1st Civilizations?
How did Geography impact the 1st four Civilizations?
How did Civilizations evolve into Empires, culminating with Greece and Rome?
Unit 1
How did the Fall of Rome lead to the Rise of the Byzantines in the East and Medieval Europe in the West?
KNOW: In what ways were the Byzantines a continuation of, and a departure from The Roman Empire?
What caused the Decline and Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
What part did Feudalism play in the re-organization of Western Europe?
What were the events that disrupted European society in the Medieval Period?
What were the interactions between Medieval Japan and the rest of Asia?
Unit 2
How did Islam become a Global Religion and Empire?
KNOW:
What were the Origins of Islam the Religion, & Islam the Empire?
What was the Geographic Extent of the Islamic Empires?
In what ways did Islam preserve and expand Greco-Roman knowledge?
