History Syllabus of Class XI

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Syllabus, Class XI, History

1. Understanding history

1.1  Pre-History,  Proto-History, History.  Early source and their nature.  Forms of recorded History,  Facts and their interpretation. Itihasa-Purana tradition, Indo-Persian Tradition of History writing in Medieval India.

1.2 Notion of time in history :  linear and cyclical. Periodisation in history and chronological Sequencing.  Rationale behind: 

1. Conventional Tripartite divisions.

2.  Recent trends in periodisation

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1.3 Time frame and focus  covered in class XI

2. From Primitive Man to Early Civilizations

2.1 Epochs in the stream of time:  a brief outline of Archaeological cultures - Pleistocene, paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic.

2.2  Early Africa and Primitive Man - Hunter-gatherers And their culture, Changing Climate, Landscape features; migration

2.3 Early Pastoralists and  agriculturist;  Riverine Civilizations: 

1. Indian subcontinent :  Mehergarh and Harappa ( First Urbanization)

2.  Egypt and Sumer

3. Evolution of politics : Concept of Governance and Institutions

3.1 City-States :

Classical Greece.

3.2 Monarchies :

From janapadas to mahajanapadas ( Chiefdoms to Kingdom)

3.3 Empires : Definition, Difference with Monarchy, Empires compared :

a) Mauryan Empire and Macedonian Empire

b) The Roman Empire and the Gupta Empire

c) the Mughal Empire and the Ottoman Empire

4. Nature of the state and its Apparatus

4.1 Nature of the state: The ideal prototype.

1. Indian context : Kautilya,  The Arthashastra  and State craft; Ziauddin Barani, Fatawa-i-jahandari and the Nature of the state under the Delhi Sultans.

2.  European  context :  Cicero and the Roman word;  Thomas Cromwell  and the new Monarchy; Intellectual underpinnings of the early modern state

4.2. Apparatus of Governance :

1. Persia : Satraps

2. China : Mandarins

3. Delhi Sultanate : Iqtadars

4. Mughal : Mansabadars

5. Aspects of economy

5.1 Slave Economy and Slavery as an Institution :

1. Rome and Egypt

2.  India

5.2  Feudal economy :

1. Western Europe,  The Classical Model

2. Indian experience : Gupta Empire and the Delhi sultanate

5.3 Trade and urbanization :   Between Expansion and Contraction :  European and Indian experience compared

6 Dynamics of Society

6.1 Social Stratification :

1.  Slave Society :  Greece-Helots, Periocei and their relationship with citizens

2. Varna and Jati (special mention of  Forest dwellers viz Nisadas) 

3. Fallen Ksatriya - Yavanas, Sakas, Hunas

4. Rajputs as a status group

6.2  Women in Society : Indian contest

1.  Education of Women

2.  Forms of Marriage and the Household

3.  Inheritance and Property Rights (Streedhan)

4.  Outstanding Woman in political  authority :   Egypt : Nefertiti, Cleopatra;  India :  Rani Durgavati, Razia, Noor Jahan

7 Religion 

7.1  Religion and the State :

1.  India :   Ashok and Dharma ; Alauddin Khilji, The Sariat and the Ulema, Akbar, Din-I-Ilahi and  Sulh-I-Kul

2.  Western Europe :  The Holy Roman Empire  and Papacy. Crusades.

3. Arab World : The universal Caliphate

7.2   Religion and Society :

1.  Vedic religion

2. Polytheism And the European context

3.  New religious movements (Buddhism and  andJainism)

4.  Reformation Movements in Europe 

8 Expanding Horizons

8.1 Origins of Modern Science :  

Alchemy to chemistry, Astrology to Astronomy -  towards a Solar-centric Universe.

8.2 Technological advances :  

agricultural, Military and technology of  production,  Ship building.

8.3 Printing revolution in Western Europe 

( Mention the contributions of China and the Arab world to the art of  printing)

8.4 Geographical Exploration - towards a ‘New world’