Short Post
Weekly posts (published on Monday or Tuesday) highlighting a primary source (either textual or visual) that aligns with the AP Modern World History Curriculum.
“Korea, like Cuba”: The Cold War Beyond the United States and the Soviet Union
Discussion of the Cuban-North Korean relationship in the 1960s as a way to analyze the Cold War from a global perspective.
Mauling the British: Tipu Sultan, Mysore, and Resistance to British Imperialism in India
A visual primary source showing how Mysore resisted British imperialism in southern India in the second half of the eighteenth century
Smashing the European Order: Women and the Mexican Revolution
A visual primary source to show how states around the world challenged the existing political and economic order at the start of the twentieth century.
“Overthrow of the Dictatorial Elements”: The Goals of the Mexican Revolution
An example of how states around the world challenged the existing political and economic order at the start of the twentieth century.
More Thunderbolts: Gunpowder and the Ottoman Empire
An example of the use of gunpowder weapons to facilitate expansion of the Ottoman Empire
“Thunderbolt of Wrath”: Gunpowder and the Mughal Empire
An example of the use of gunpowder weapons to facilitate expansion of the Mughal Empire
“Complete and Immediate Independence for the Vietnamese People”: Vietnamese Anticolonialism in the 1920s and 1930s
An example of Vietnamese anticolonialism against French rule from 1926
