Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 — Information & Free Practice

The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

• Ancient Near East — Official range: 8–10% (Practice allocation: 9.63%)

  • Political evolution
  • Religion, culture, and technical developments in and near the Fertile Crescent
• Ancient Greece and Hellenistic Civilization — Official range: 15–17% (Practice allocation: 17.11%)

  • Political evolution to Periclean Athens
  • Periclean Athens through the Peloponnesian Wars
  • Culture, religion, and thought of Ancient Greece
  • The Hellenistic political structure
  • The culture, religion, and thought of Hellenistic Greece
• Ancient Rome — Official range: 15–17% (Practice allocation: 17.11%)

  • Political evolution of the Republic and of the Empire (economic and geographical context)
  • Roman thought and culture
  • Early Christianity
  • The Germanic invasions
  • The late empire
• Medieval History — Official range: 23–27% (Practice allocation: 26.74%)

  • Byzantium and Islam
  • Early medieval politics and culture through Charlemagne
  • Feudal and manorial institutions
  • The medieval Church
  • Medieval thought and culture
  • Rise of the towns and changing economic forms
  • Feudal monarchies
  • The late medieval church
• Renaissance and Reformation — Official range: 13–17% (Practice allocation: 16.04%)

  • The Renaissance in Italy
  • The Renaissance outside Italy
  • The New Monarchies
  • Protestantism and Catholicism reformed and reorganized
• Early Modern Europe, 1560-1648 — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 13.37%)

  • The opening of the Atlantic
  • The Commercial Revolution
  • Dynastic and religious conflicts
  • Thought and culture