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= Political and Diplomatic History Info=

About 1/3 of the content on the AP Exam will cover information from this theme. This theme covers:
 * The rise and functioning of the modern state in its various forms
 * Relations between Europe and other parts of the world: colonialism, imperialism, decolonization, and global interdependence
 * The evolution of political elites and the development of political parties, ideologies, and other forms of mass politics
 * The extension and limitation of rights and liberties (personal, civic, economic, and political); majority and minority political persecutions
 * The growth and changing forms of nationalism
 * Forms of political protest, reform, and revolution
 * Relationship between domestic and foreign policies
 * Efforts to restrain conflict: treaties, balance-of-power diplomacy, and international organizations
 * War and civil conflict: origins, developments, technology, and their consequences

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