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  • World History
    • World History Honors
    • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
    • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
    • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
    • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Sea of Exploration
    • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
    • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
    • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
    • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
    • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
  • Civic Literacy
    • Governmental Figures
    • Unit 0 - Civics and Citizenship
    • Unit 1 - Legistlative Branch
    • Unit 2 - Executive Branch
    • Unit 3 - Judicial Branch
    • Unit 4 - Liberty & Justice for All
    • Unit 5 - State and Local Government
    • Unit 6 - Seeds of Rebellion
    • Unit 7 - The Young Republic
  • AP
    • AP World History >
      • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
      • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
      • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
      • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
    • AP European History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • American History
    • American History Honors >
      • Map Test
    • Unit 0: (1763 - 1800) - Revolutionary America
    • Unit 1: (1800 - 1848) - Expansion & Reform
    • Unit 2: (1824 - 1861) - A Nation Divided
    • Unit 3: (1861 - 1877) - Civil War & Rebirth
    • Unit 4: (1865 - 1898) - Gilded Dreams
    • Unit 5: (1890 - 1920) - The American Ascent
    • Unit 6: (1920 - 1945) - Roaring to Warring
    • Unit 7: (1945 - 1963) - Peace & Paranoia
    • Unit 8: (1955 - 1980) - The Fight for Justice
    • Unit 9: (1980-present) - Modern America
  • Western Civilization
    • Unit I: (prehistory-330BC) - Origins
    • Unit II (2700 - 323B.C.) - Classical Antiquity
    • Unit III (509BC - 476) - The Dream that was Rome
    • Unit IV (476 - 1216) - The Age of Faith
    • Unit V (1095 - 1492) - Crossroads of Catastrophe
    • Unit VI (1350 - 1620) - Into the Unknown
    • Unit VII (1517 - 1776) - Crisis of Faith
    • Unit VIII (1756 - 1815) - Revolution!
    • Unit IX (1769-1914) - Engineering of Empires
    • Unit X (1914 - 1920) - The Great War
    • Unit XI (1920 - 1945) - Twilight of Empires: A World at War
    • Unit XII (1945 - present) - Cold War & Globalization
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Crossroads of Catastrophe

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“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death,
​and Hell followed with him.” — Revelation 6:8
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NEED TO KNOW
  • Pope calls for Holy War to win back Jerusalem
  • 1st Crusades
  • 2nd Crusades
  • 3rd Crusades
  • Siege of Constantinople
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5.1 THE CRUSADES: CROSS VS. CRESCENT

Christians and Muslims clash in a battle for control over the Holy Land.  These conflicts last centuries but leave a lasting impact on Europe that will help to usher in the Renaissance.
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NEED TO KNOW​
  • ​trade increase leads to guilds
  • Mongol Empire/Genghis Khan
  • Fall of Baghdad
  • Marco Polo meets Kubali Khan
  • ​Rise of Russia and Ottoman Empire
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5.2 WRATH OF KHANS

Asia advanced alongside Europe for centuries, but when East meets West it brings death & destruction as the Mongols advance and destroy kingdoms while bringing a deadly plague to the doorstep of Europe.
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  • bubonic plague / Black Death
  • Great Western Schism
  • Hundred Years' War
  • Spain unites / Inquisition
  • Constantinople falls to Ottoman Empire
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5.3 MEDIEVAL ARMAGEDDON: PLAGUE, SCHISM & WAR

It's always darkest before the dawn.  As the Middle Ages comes to an end, Europe is ravaged by the Black Death. Furthermore, a short division in the church and a century of warfare between France and England become forces that forever change Europe
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  • World History
    • World History Honors
    • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
    • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
    • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
    • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Sea of Exploration
    • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
    • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
    • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
    • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
    • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
  • Civic Literacy
    • Governmental Figures
    • Unit 0 - Civics and Citizenship
    • Unit 1 - Legistlative Branch
    • Unit 2 - Executive Branch
    • Unit 3 - Judicial Branch
    • Unit 4 - Liberty & Justice for All
    • Unit 5 - State and Local Government
    • Unit 6 - Seeds of Rebellion
    • Unit 7 - The Young Republic
  • AP
    • AP World History >
      • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
      • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
      • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
      • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
    • AP European History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • American History
    • American History Honors >
      • Map Test
    • Unit 0: (1763 - 1800) - Revolutionary America
    • Unit 1: (1800 - 1848) - Expansion & Reform
    • Unit 2: (1824 - 1861) - A Nation Divided
    • Unit 3: (1861 - 1877) - Civil War & Rebirth
    • Unit 4: (1865 - 1898) - Gilded Dreams
    • Unit 5: (1890 - 1920) - The American Ascent
    • Unit 6: (1920 - 1945) - Roaring to Warring
    • Unit 7: (1945 - 1963) - Peace & Paranoia
    • Unit 8: (1955 - 1980) - The Fight for Justice
    • Unit 9: (1980-present) - Modern America
  • Western Civilization
    • Unit I: (prehistory-330BC) - Origins
    • Unit II (2700 - 323B.C.) - Classical Antiquity
    • Unit III (509BC - 476) - The Dream that was Rome
    • Unit IV (476 - 1216) - The Age of Faith
    • Unit V (1095 - 1492) - Crossroads of Catastrophe
    • Unit VI (1350 - 1620) - Into the Unknown
    • Unit VII (1517 - 1776) - Crisis of Faith
    • Unit VIII (1756 - 1815) - Revolution!
    • Unit IX (1769-1914) - Engineering of Empires
    • Unit X (1914 - 1920) - The Great War
    • Unit XI (1920 - 1945) - Twilight of Empires: A World at War
    • Unit XII (1945 - present) - Cold War & Globalization