Vajiram and Ravi World History General Studies Yellow Book 2027 English Medium Printed Notes
Total Pages:- 208
World History
Table Of Contents
CHAPTERS
SECTION I – IDEAS AND INDUSTRIES (1-38)
1. EUROPE IN TRANSITION
. INTRODUCTION
. DARK AGES IN EUROPE
. FEUDALISM BACKGROUND -THE AGE OF DISORDER
. LAND TENURE – THE BASIS OF FEUDALISM.
. FEUDAL BONDS AND FEUDAL POWER
. DECLINE OF FEUDALISM
2. RENAISSANCE
. INTRODUCTION
. FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RISE OF RENAISSANCE
. ITALY AS THE BIRTH PLACE OF RENAISSANCE.
. RENAISSANCE AND LITERATURE.
. RENAISSANCE ART
. RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE
· RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE
. RENAISSANCE PAINTING.
. RENAISSANCE AND FINE ARTS
· RENAISSANCE AND SCIENCE
. FEATURES OF RENAISSANCE
. IMPORTANCE OF RENAISSANCE.
· REFORMATION
3. AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
· BACKGROUND
. RELIGION
· SOCIETY
· POLITICS
. ECONOMICS
. MEANING OF HISTORY
. END OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
4. CAPITALISM AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
. DEFINITION OF CAPITALISM
· STAGES/EPOCHS OF RISE OF CAPITALISM …
· INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
. WHY INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION STARTED IN ENGLAND?
. CONSEQUENCES OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND.
. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN OTHER COUNTRIES: USA, JAPAN, RUSSIA, GERMANY, FRANCE
. IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
5. RISE OF NATION STATES
. CAUSE OF RISE OF NATION STATES
. MODELS OF NATION-STATE: ENGLAND AND FRANCE
. IMPACT OF THE RISE OF NATION-STATES
6. RISE AND GROWTH OF SOCIALISM
. SOCIALISM – MEANING.
· EVOLUTION OF SOCIALISM
. THINKERS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOCIALISM
SECTION II – AGE OF REVOLUTIONS (39-77)
7. AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND AMERICAN CONSTITUTION
. DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD AND BEGINNING OF COLONIZATION.
. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
. THE WAR.
. AMERICAN CONSTITUTION AND ITS FEATURES
8. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (1861-65) AND ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
. REASONS
. ROLE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
.THE COURSE OF WAR
· RESULT OF CIVIL WAR
9. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
. BACKGROUND AND REASONS
. REASONS.
. WHY DID THE REVOLUTION OCCUR IN FRANCE AND NOT ELSEWHERE?
. CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
. EVALUATION
.SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ON – WORLD HISTORY.
10. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
BACKGROUND -TSARIST RUSSIA
· THE 1905 REVOLUTION – SUPPRESSION OF DISCONTENT ..
. THE 1917 REVOLUTION.
. ROLE OF LENIN (1917-1924).
11. CHINESE REVOLUTION 1949
. BACKGROUND.
. REASONS FOR COMMUNIST VICTORY
. IMPACT OF CHINESE REVOLUTION.
SECTION III – EUROPE, THE LONG 19TH CENTURY(78-100)
12. NAPOLEON
· NAPOLEON ERA
. NAPOLEON’S CIVIL WORK
. EUROPE AFTER NAPOLEON.
· VIENNA CONGRESS OF 1815
13. RISE OF NATIONALISM IN 19TH CENTURY
. INTRODUCTION
. NATIONALISM AND THE NATION STATES
. PRELUDE TO THE UNIFICATION: THE CRIMEAN WAR
. UNIFICATION OF ITALY ..
. UNIFICATION OF GERMANY.
. IMPLICATIONS
SECTION IV -EUROPE IN 20TH CENTURY :
PART-I THE WORLD WARS (97-133)
14. EUROPE FROM 1870 TO THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR I
. INTRODUCTION.
· BACKGROUND.
15. FIRST WORLD WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH
. BACKGROUND TO WWI.
. MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS.
. PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE:
· THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES (JUNE 28, 1919).
. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
. IMPLICATIONS OF THE WAR
16. PERIOD BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS
. INTRODUCTION.
. WORLD ECONOMY OVER THE INTERWAR PERIOD: PROSPERITY AND DEPRESSION
. TOTALITARIAN REGIMES: FASCISM AND NAZISM
· NAZISM IN GERMANY
. FASCISM IN ITALY, SPAIN AND JAPAN.
· THE USA FROM 1919 TO 1941
. THE LEAGUE IN 1920s AND 1930s.
17. SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-1945)
. INTRODUCTION.
. RUN UP-TO THE WAR AND THE WORLD WAR II
. POLICY OF APPEASEMENT
. SUMMARY OF THE WAR …
. IMPACT AND EVALUATION
SECTION V -EUROPE IN 20TH CENTURY :
PART-II THE WORLD AFTER THE WORLD WARS (134-150)
18. POST-WARRECONSTRUCTION: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONANDTREA
– UNO, NATO AND EU.
· THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION (UNO)
· CONTEMPORARY PRIORITIES: UN REFORM
· NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO).
· EUROPEAN UNION (EU) …
19. COLD WAR ERA AND MAJOR EVENTS
. BACKGROUND.
· BERLIN CRISIS:
. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS.
. KOREAN WAR
. VIETNAM WAR.
20. END OF COLD WAR AND DISINTEGRATION OF USSR
. BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF COLD WAR ..
· DEVELOPMENT OF DÉTENTE (1970s To 90)
· CONSEQUENCES OF DÉTENTE
. THE END OF COLD WAR -CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
. EFFECTS OF THE END OF COLD WAR
. DISINTEGRATION OF USSR
SECTION VI -THE RISE AND FALL OF EMPIRE (151-197)
21. IMPERIALISM, COLONIZATION AND DECOLONIZATION
. INTRODUCTION.
. MEANING OF IMPERIALISM
. CAUSES AND MOTIVATION FOR IMPERIALISM
. COLONIALISM
. NEO COLONIALISM
. DECOLONISATION -INTRODUCTION.
. REASONS FOR DECOLONIZATION
. CHALLENGES TO DECOLONISATION
22. LATIN AMERICA
. IMPERIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA.
. DECOLONIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA
SIMON BOLIVAR AND THE SPANISH REVOLUTIONS
23. AFRICA
. AFRICA-THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
. DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA
24. ASIA
. THE COLONIZATION OF ASIA.
· DECOLONIZATION OF ASIA
. INDONESIA
25. EMERGENCE OF THIRD WORLD AND NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT
. THE RISE OF THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
. RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT
. THE IDEOLOGY OF NAM.
. ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MOVEMENT.
. RELEVANCE OF NAM IN UNIPOLAR WORLD
26. ARAB WORLD: ARAB-ISRAEL WAR, SUEZ CRISIS AND MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
· INTRODUCTION
. ARAB WORLD AND ARAB UNITY
. ARAB NATIONALISM
. INTERFERENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST BY OTHER COUNTRIES.
. THE CREATION OF ISREAL AND THE ARAB-ISRAEL WAR, 1948-49
. THE ARAB-ISRAEL WAR, 1948-49 …..
. SUEZ CRISIS OF 1956.
. OTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
