Cambridge A Level World History
Syllabus 9489 · 2026 · sourced from Cambridge Assessment International Education — official syllabus PDF, verified 2026-08-19.
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1. Paper 1 and Paper 2 – European Option: Modern Europe, 1750–1921 (AS)
- 1.1 France, 1774–1814
- 1.2 The Industrial Revolution in Britain, 1750–1850
- 1.3 Liberalism and Nationalism in Germany, 1815–71
- 1.4 The Russian Revolution, 1894–1921
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2. Paper 1 and Paper 2 – American Option: The History of the USA, 1820–1941 (AS)
- 2.1 The Origins of the Civil War, 1820–61
- 2.2 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–77
- 2.3 The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870s to 1920
- 2.4 The Great Crash, The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1920–41
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3. Paper 1 and Paper 2 – International Option: International History, 1870–1945 (AS)
- 3.1 Empire and the Emergence of World Powers, 1870–1919
- 3.2 The League of Nations and International Relations in the 1920s
- 3.3 The League of Nations and International Relations in the 1930s
- 3.4 China and Japan, 1912–45
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4. Paper 3 – Interpretations Question (A)
- 4.1 The Origins of the First World War
- 4.2 The Holocaust
- 4.3 The Origins and Development of the Cold War
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5. Paper 4 – Depth Study 1: European History in the Interwar Years, 1919–41 (A)
- 5.1 Mussolini’s Italy, 1919–41
- 5.2 Stalin’s Russia, 1924–41
- 5.3 Hitler’s Germany, 1929–41
- 5.4 Britain, 1919–39
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6. Paper 4 – Depth Study 2: The USA, 1944–92 (A)
- 6.1 The Late 1940s and 1950s
- 6.2 The 1960s and the 1970s
- 6.3 The 1980s and Early 1990s
- 6.4 Foreign Policy, 1944–92
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7. Paper 4 – Depth Study 3: International History, 1945–92 (A)
- 7.1 US-Soviet Relations During the Cold War, 1950–91
- 7.2 The Spread of Communism in East and Southeast Asia, 1945–91
- 7.3 Decolonisation, the Cold War and the UN in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1950–92
- 7.4 Conflict in the Middle East, 1948–91