Illustrative Examples are specific topics chosen by College Board to represent certain historical developments. For example, knowing about filial piety and the influence of Neo-Confucianism in East Asia relates directly to the historical development "Chinese cultural traditions continued, and they influenced neighboring regions" in topic 1.1. (KC-3.1.III.D.i)
According to College Board, "These include possible examples of content that might be used to teach the historical development, process, or event. These are intended as examples and do not in any way constitute additional, preferred, or required information."
If you learn these specific examples, you will be better able to demonstrate your skills and understanding of the course content.
These examples are further identified with the themes of AP World History. See the Course Info page if you need to know what they all are!
Cultural Traditions:
Filial piety in East Asia
Influence of Neo-Confucianism and Buddhism in East Asia
Confucian traditions of both respect for and expected deference from women
Chinese literary and scholarly traditions and their spread to Heian Japan and Korea
New Islamic political entities:
Seljuk Empire
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Delhi sultanates
Hindu/Buddhist States:
Vijayanagara Empire
Srivijaya Empire
Rajput kingdoms
Khmer Empire
Majapahit
Sukhothai kingdom
Sinhala dynasties
State systems in the Americas:
Maya city-states
Mexica
Inca
Chaco
Mesa Verde
Cahokia
State Systems of Africa
Great Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
Hausa kingdoms
Growth of states:
City-states of the Swahili Coast
Gujarat
Sultanate of Malacca
Branches of Buddhism:
Theravada
Mahayana
Tibetan
Beliefs and practices:
Bhakti movement
Sufism
Buddhist monasticism
Diasporic Communities:
Arab and Persian communities in East Africa
Chinese merchant communities in Southeast Asia
Malay communities in the Indian Ocean basin
Transfers:
Preservation of commentaries on Greek moral and natural philosophy
House of Wisdom in Abbasid Baghdad
Scholarly and cultural transfers in Muslim and Christian Spain
Technological and cultural transfers:
Transfer of Greco-Islamic medical knowledge to western Europe
Transfer of numbering systems to Europe
Adoption of Uyghur script
Diffusion of cultural traditions:
The influence of Buddhism in East Asia
The spread of Hinduism and Buddhism into Southeast Asia
The spread of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
Diffusion of scientific or technological innovations:
Gunpowder from China
Paper from China
Travelers:
Ibn Battuta
Margery Kempe
Marco Polo
Diffusion of crops:
Bananas in Africa
New rice varieties in East Asia
Spread of citrus in the Mediterranean
Technological innovations:
Champa rice
Transportation innovations like the Grand Canal expansion
Steel and iron production
Textiles and porcelains for export
Intellectual Innovations:
Advances in mathematics (Nasir al-Din al-Tusi)
Advances in literature (‘A’ishah al-Ba’uniyyah)
Advances in medicine
Technologies encouraging interregional trade:
Camel saddle
Caravans
Trading cities:
Kashgar
Samarkand
New forms of credit and money economies:
Bills of exchange
Banking houses
Use of paper money
