CB has said they need “a majority of colleges that receive AP scores to agree to offer credit for an additional AP world history exam” and “ A minimum of 2,500 high schools must attest to their commitment to offering a new AP World History: Ancient course and exam,”
They would need all of that to start the process of developing a course. It certainly won’t be offered, IMO, next year.
I haven’t seen students, parents, school boards, etc. pushing to increase ancient history courses, unlike STEM, which drove the CSP course. I don’t see it happening soon, if ever.