History Class 11 Arts (English Medium) CBSE Topics and Syllabus

• Focus: Africa, Europe till 15000 BCE 
• Views on the Origin of Human Beings 
• Early Societies 
• Historians’ Views on Present-day Gathering- Hunting Societies 

• Focus: Africa, Europe till 15000 BCE
  (a) Views on the origin of human beings.
  (b) Early societies.
  (c) Historians' views on present-day gathering- hunting societies.

• Focus: Iraq, 3rd Millennium BCE 
• Growth of Towns 
• Nature of Early Urban Societies 
• Historians’ Debate on Uses of Writing 

• Focus: Iraq, 3rd millennium BCE
  (a) Growth of towns.
  (b) Nature of early urban societies.
  (c) Historians' Debate on uses of writing.

• Focus: Roman Empire, 27 BCE to 600 CE 
• Political Evolution 
• Economic Expansion 
• Religio-Cultural Foundation 
• Late Antiquity 
• Historians’ Views on the Institution of Slavery 

• Focus: Roman Empire, 27 BCE to 600 CE.
  (a) Political evolution
  (b) Economic expansion
  (c) Religio-cultural foundation
  (d) Late Antiquity.
  (e) Historians' views on the institution of Slavery.

• 7th to 12th Centuries - Polity 
• 7th to 12th Centuries - Economy 
• 7th to 12th Centuries - Culture 
• Historians’ Viewpoints on the Nature of the Crusades 

• Focus: 7th to 12th centuries
  (a) Polity
  (b) Economy
  (c) Culture.
  (d) Historians' viewpoints on the nature of the crusades.

• The Nature of Nomadism 
• Formation of Empires 
• Conquests and Relations with Other States 
• Historians Views on Nomadic Societies and State Formation 

• Focus: the Mongol, 13th to 14th century
• (a) The nature of nomadism.
• (b) Formation of empires.
• (c) Conquests and relations with other states.
• (d) Historians' views on nomadic societies and state formation.

• Feudal Society and Economy 
• Formation of States 
• Church and Society 
• Historians’ Views on Decline of Feudalism 

Focus: Western Europe, 13th·16th century
(a) Feudal society and economy.
(b) Formation of states.
(c) Church and Society.
(d) Historians' views on decline of feudalism.

• New Ideas and New Trends in Literature and Arts 
• Relationship with Earlier Ideas 
• The Contribution of West Asia 
• Historians’ Viewpoints on the Validity of the Notion ‘European Renaissance’. 

Focus on Europe, 14th to 17th century.
(a) New ideas, and new trends in literature and arts.
(b) Relationship with earlier ideas
(c) The contribution of West Asia.
(d) Historians' viewpoints on the validity of the notion 'European Renaissance

• European Voyages of Exploration 
• Search for Gold 
• Focus on America, 15th to 18th Century - Enslavement 
• Focus on America, 15th to 18th Century - Raids 
• Indigenous People and Cultures – the Arawaks, the Aztecs, the Incas 
• History of Displacements 
• Historians’ Viewpoints on the Slave Trade 

• Focus on America, 15th to 18th century.
  (a) European voyages of exploration.
  (b) Search for gold; enslavement, raids, extermination.
  (c) Indigenous people and cultures - the Arawaks,the Aztecs, the Incas.
  (d) The history of displacements.
  (e) Historians' viewpoints on the slave trade.

• Innovations and Technological Change 
• Focus on England, 18th and 19th Century - Patterns of Growth 
• Focus on England, 18th and 19th Century - Emergence of a Working Class 
• Historians’ Viewpoints, Debate on ‘Was There an Industrial Revolution? 

• Focus on England, 18th and 19th century.
  (a) Innovations and technological change
  (b) Patterns of growth.
  (c) Emergence of a working class.
  (d) Historians' viewpoints, Debate on 'Was there an Industrial Revolution?'
  
  

• European Colonists in North America and Australia 
• Formation of White Settler Societies 
• Displacement and Repression of Local People 
• Historians’ Viewpoints on the Impact of European Settlement on Indigenous Population 

• Focus on North America and Australia, 18th-20th century.
• (a) European colonists in North America and Australia.
• (b) Formation of white settler societies.
• (c) Displacement and repression of local people.
• (d) Historians' viewpoints on the impact of European settlement on indigenous population.

• Militarization and Economic Growth in Japan 
• China and the Communist Alternative 
• Historians’ Debate on the Meaning of Modernization 

Focus on East Asia, late 19th and 20th century.
(a) Militarization and economic growth in Japan.
(b) China and the Communist alternative.
(c) Historians' Debate on the meaning of for the displaced populations. modernization