Textbook to use for self-studying World History

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<p>Okay I'm taking AP World History exam this year but in our school that course isn't offered so I'll have to self study. We do have a World History class but that course isn't taught in English (I live outside US) and the curriculum is somewhat different. That means I'll need a good source with ALL the information. I might by a test prep book like Barron's or Kaplan but I fear that they are generally intended for students taking APWH in school and only need a review to remember stuff they already know. </p>

<p>So please could you recommend me a good book to use for self-studying?</p>

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<p>College Board lists these World History textbooks as example textbooks one can use in class:</p>

<p>Adas, Michael, Marc J. Gilbert, Peter Stearns, and Stuart B. Schwartz. World Civilizations: The Global Experience. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. All editions published from 1996 to the present.</p>

<p>Bentley, Jerry and Herbert Ziegler. Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past. New York: McGraw-Hill. All editions published from 1999 to the present.</p>

<p>Bulliet, Richard, Daniel R. Headrick, David Northrup, Lyman L. Johnson, and Pamela Kyle Crossley. The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. All editions published from 1997 to the present.</p>

<p>Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe. The World: A History. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. All editions published from 2006 to the present.</p>

<p>Hansen, Valerie, and Kenneth R. Curtis. Voyages in World History. Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2010.</p>

<p>Lockard, Craig A. Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008 to the present.</p>

<p>Spodek, Howard. World’s History. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. All editions published from 1998 to the present.</p>

<p>Strayer, Robert W. Ways of the World: A Global History. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009 to the present.</p>

<p>Tignor, Robert, et al. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present. New York: W.W. Norton, 2008 to the present.</p>

<p>Idk which one of them is better than others, but you might be able to start from here.</p>

<p>Hope these help!</p>

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<p>I have been using World Civilizations: The Global Experience by Stearns and its pretty good. I found a free online version of either the 5e or the 6e (can’t remember which one). I have seen a PDF online which has the entire 3e (which was published in 2003 which is after 1996 so it should be sufficient). PM me for more details.</p>

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<p>I used Peter Stearns’ World Civilizations: The Global Experience and McGraw Hill’s 5 steps to a 5. I don’t know if either of these is easy to get from where you live.
I got a 5 so I guess these two worked.</p>