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IB History Syllabus + Topics

The History course for first assessment 2028 is organised into 6 themes and 57 topics, including 48 HL-only topics.

6 themes57 subtopics48 HL onlyFirst exams 2028

Focused study

5 subtopics

1

Climate and innovation

What factors prompted innovation?

2

Independence and identity

What prompted the emergence of the independence movement?

Thematic study

4 subtopics

1

Conflict (from 750 CE onwards)

Why did conflict emerge?

2

Innovation and transformation (from 750 CE onwards)

Why did new innovations emerge?

Africa and the Middle East

12 subtopics

1.1

Transformation in North Africa and the Middle East (750–1291)

Rise of the Abbasid Caliphate

1.2

Pre-colonial sub-Saharan African states (circa 800–1945)

Emergence and consolidation of the state

The Americas

12 subtopics

2.1

Indigenous societies in the Americas (circa 750–1500)

Establishment and maintenance of political authority

2.2

Colonialism and the system of slavery in the Americas (circa 1492–1830)

Initial impact of European exploration

Asia and Oceania

12 subtopics

3.1

Asian kingdoms and empires (750 CE–1500 CE)

Dynasty of Vietnam and Reasons for emergence

3.2

The Mughal Empire and the British East India Company (1526–1858)

Reasons for the rise of Mughal power

Europe

12 subtopics

4.1

Medieval kingdoms and empires (circa 750–1400)

Empire, Norman and Angevin England, Reasons for emergence and expansion

4.2

Renaissance and Reformation (circa 1350–1700)

Emergence of the Renaissance in Italy

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