Following are the topics, which I think should be covered in World History. It doesn’t matter what book you use.
- Renaissance
- Feudalism and Serfdom and Emergence of Nation States
- Emergence of Parliament
- Capitalism and Industrial Revolution
- 18th Century – Age of Enlightenment/Age of Reason
- American Revolution & Women participation
- American Civil War
- Statue of Liberty
- French Revolution & Women participation
- Napoleon Reforms – Continental System, Napoleonic Code etc.
- Eiffel Tower
- 1830 and 1848 Revolutions
- German Unification
- Italian Unification
- Rise of Socialism
- Rise of Colonialism
- Reasons for rise of Imperialism
- Neo-Imperialism → Expansion of colonies: Asia, Africa and Pacific
- Secret agreements over distribution of colonies
- USA
- Rise of Socialism
- Colonialism
- Economic boom and Great Economic Depression
- Racial Discrimination
- Japan
- China
- Tibetan Issue
- Events preceding WWI
- WWI and its consequences
- Armenian Genocide (100 year anniversary)
- League of Nations
- Russian Revolution
- Rise of fascism:
- Italy
- Germany
- Japan
- Austria
- Spain
- Events that led to World War II
- WW II
- UNO [70th Anniversary]
- Cold War
- Poland Crisis
- Hungarian Revolution
- Czechoslovakian Crisis
- Suez Crisis
- Palestine Crisis
- Belgian Congo crisis
- Korean War
- Vietnam War
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- German Unification
- Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
- European Community/ European Economic Community (EEC) → Treaty of Rome
- Decolonisation → Why European powers gave up colonialism?
- Decolonisation in South and Southeast Asia
- Decolonisation in Africa
- Neo-colonialism
- Gulf War, 1990-91
- Iraq’s aggression on Kuwait
- Reasons:
- Saddam wanted to lay his hands on the rich oil wells of Kuwait
- Swift action of UN, led by USA forces drew Iraq out of Kuwait
- Non-Alignment Movement
- Personalities
- Nelson Mandela
- Lee Kuan Yew → Died March 2015
- (originally posted at sykobanerises )