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Europe

Europe covers 12 topics in the History syllabus.

12 subtopics12 HL only

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

4.3

Enlightenment and Absolutism (1600–1800)

Examination questions concentrating

4.4

The French Revolution (1774–1815)

Reasons for the revolution

4.5

Unification of Germany and Italy (1815–1871)

Impact of the Congress System on

4.6

Europe and the First World War (1871–1923)

Maintenance of peace and stability, and the changing balance of power in Europe (after 1871)

4.7

The Russian Revolution (1855–1924)

Impact of the policies of Alexander II (1855–1881), Alexander III (1881–

4.8

European totalitarianism (1918–1941)

Benito Mussolini’s rise and consolidation of power (1918–1926)

4.9

Europe and the Second World War (1918–1949)

Successes and challenges of the League of Nations in Europe

4.10

Democracy, authoritarianism and conflict in Spain (circa 1920–2020)

Challenges to Spanish democracy in the 1920s and early 1930s

4.11

The USSR and post-Soviet Russia (1945–2020)

Impact of policies in post-war USSR (1945–1953)

4.12

Europe during and after the Cold War (1945–2020)

Emergence of the Cold War in Europe

Asia and Oceania

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