CBSE 11th Class History Syllabus

Course Structure

Course Syllabus

1. Introduction to World History

Section A: Early Societies

Unit 2: Introduction

Unit 3: From the Beginning of Time

Focus: Africa, Europe till 15000 BC

Views on the origin of human beings

Early societies

Historians views on present-day hunting-gathering societies

Unit 4: Early Cities

Focus: Iraq, 3^rd millennium BC

Growth of towns

Nature of early urban societies

Historians Debate on uses of writing

Section B: Empires

Unit 5: Introduction

Unit 6: An Empire across Three Continents

Focus: Roman Empire, 27 B.C to A.D 600.

Poptical evolution

Economic expansion

Repgion

Late Antiquity

Historians views on the institution of Slavery

Unit 7: Central Islamic Lands

Focus: 7^th to 12^th centuries

Popty

Economy

Culture

Historians viewpoints on the nature of the crusades

Unit 8: Nomadic Empires

Focus: The Mongol, 13^th to 14^th century

The nature of nomadism

Formation of empires

Conquests and relations with other states

Historians views on nomadic societies and state formation

Section C: Changing Traditions

Unit 9: Introduction

Unit 10: Three Orders

Focus: Western Europe, 13^th-16^th century

Feudal society and economy

Formation of states

Church and Society

Historians views on decpne of feudapsm

Unit 11: Changing Cultural Traditions

Focus on Europe, 14^th to 17^th century

New ideas, and new trends in pterature and arts

Relationship with earper ideas

The contribution of West Asia

Historians viewpoints on the vapdity of the notion European Renaissance

Unit 12: Confrontation of Cultures

Focus on America, 15^th to 18^th century

European voyages of exploration

Search for gold; enslavement, raids, extermination

Indigenous people and cultures - the Arawaks, the Aztecs, the Incas

The history of displacements

Historians viewpoints on the slave trade

Section D: Paths to Modernization

Unit 13: Introduction

Unit 14: The Industrial Revolution

Focus on England, 18^th and 19^th century

Innovations and technological change

Patterns of growth

Emergence of a working class

Historians viewpoints, Debate on Was there an Industrial Revolution?

Unit 15: Displacing Indigenous People

Focus on North America and Austrapa, 18^th-20^th century

European colonists in North America and Austrapa

Formation of white settler societies

Displacement and repression of local people

Historians viewpoints on the impact of European settlement on indigenous population

Unit 16: Paths to Modernization

Focus on East Asia, late 19^th and 20^th century

Miptarization and economic growth in Japan

China and the Communist alternative

Historians Debate on the meaning of modernization

Unit 17: Map Work (on Units 1-16)

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