Together are Latin America

Includes all islands to the east/ Polynesia

• Period 1 - Technological and Environmental Transformations Prehistory to c. 600 BCE

Key Concept 1.1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth

Key Concept 1.2 The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies

Key Concept 1.3 The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies

• Period 2 - Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies, c. 600 BCE to c. 600 CE

Key Concept 2.1 The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions

Key Concept 2.2 The Development of States and Empires

Key Concept 2.3 Emergence of Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange

• Period 3 - Regional and Interregional Interactions, c. 600 CE to c. 1450 CE

Key Concept 3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks

Key Concept 3.2 Continuity and Innovation of State Forms and Their Interactions

Key Concept 3.3 Increased Economic Productive Capacity and Its Consequences

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• Period 4 - Global Interactions, c. 1450 CE to c. 1750 CE

Key Concept 4.1 Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange

Key Concept 4.2 New Forms of Social Organization and Modes of Production

Key Concept 4.3 State Consolidation and Imperial Expansion

• Period 5 - Industrialization and Global Integration, c. 1750 CE to c. 1900 CE

Key Concept 5.1 Industrialization and Global Capitalism

Key Concept 5.2 Imperialism and Nation-State Formation

Key Concept 5.3 Nationalism, Revolution, and Reform

Key Concept 5.4 Global Migration

• Period 6 - Accelerating Global Change and Realignments, c. 1900 CE to the Present

Key Concept 6.1 Science and the Environment

Key Concept 6.2 Global Conflicts and their Consequences

Key Concept 6.3 New Conceptualizations of Global Economy, Society, & Culture