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CSS European History Syllabus Overview
Part –I
I. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era (1789-1815)
- The causes of French Revolution
- The consequences of Revolution
- Napoleon rise to power
- Creation of Empire
- The Continental system
- The fall of Napoleon
II. The Concert of Europe (1815-1830)
- The Congress of Vienna
- Metternich’s Era
- The Concert of Europe and Congress System
- Balance of Power
III. Forces of Continuity and Change in Europe (1815-1848)
- Nationalism
- Liberalism
- Romanticism
- Socialism
- Industrial Revolution
- Colonialism
- Cosequences
IV. The Eastern Question (1804-1856)
- The nature of the Eastern question
- The Crimean War
- Russo Turkish War 1877
- Consequences
V. Unification of Italy
- The effects of the revolution of 1848
- The obstacles to unification
- Cavour and the unification of Italy
- The Process of Italian unification (1859-1871)
VI. Unification of Germany
- The rise of Bismarck
- Diplomatic events
- The Austro-Prussian War (1866)
- The Franco- Prussian War (1870-1871)
- The triumph of Bismarck and process of unification
VII. The Origins of First World War (1890-1914)
- Formation of Alliances and Counter Alliances
- The Balkans War (1912-1913)
- The outbreak of the World War 1
Part –II
VIII. The First World War and its aftermath
- The War (1914-1918) and peace treaties
- The League of Nations
IX. Dictatorships in Europe
- Fascism in Italy under Musssolini
- Hitler,Nazism and Germany
- Russia , Marxism Revolution and its working under Stalin
- Great Depression and its effects on Europe
- Appeasement
- The Arm race
- The Sudetenland Crisis (1938)
- The distraction of Czechoslovakia (1939)
X. The Second World War and its Effects on Europe
- The Main Events of the War
- Impact of war
XI. Post- War Europe
- The post war settlements
- The United Nations
- Economic Recovery of Europe,Marshal Plan
- German Question
- NATO
- Decolonization
XII. Cold War Europe (1955-1991)
- Effects of cold war
- Warsaw Pact (1955)
- The European Economic Community (EEC)
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement
- Charles Degaule and France
- Spread of communist regimes in Europe
XIII. Europe (1991-2012)
- The Gorbachev and Disintegration of USSR
- The reunification of Germany
- The Balkan crisis of 1990s
- The European Union
- Role of Europe in War against terrorism
- Global Economic Crisis and Europe