Cambridge A Level World History

Syllabus 9489 · 2027-2029 · sourced from Cambridge Assessment International Education — official syllabus PDF, verified 2026-09-17.

1. 1. European option: Modern Europe, 1774–1924 (AS)

   • 1 France, 1774–1814
   • 2 Liberalism and nationalism in Germany, 1815–71
   • 3 Russia from autocracy to revolution, 1881–1924

2. 2. American option: The history of the USA, 1820–1941 (AS)

   • 4 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820–77
   • 5 The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1870–1920
   • 6 The Great Crash, the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1920–41

3. 3. International option: International history, 1870–1939 (AS)

   • 7 Imperialism and the emergence of world powers, c.1870–1918
   • 8 International relations 1919–29: conflict and cooperation
   • 9 International history 1929–39: the rise of extremism and the road to war

4. 4. Historical interpretations (A)

   • 1 The origins of the First World War
   • 2 The Holocaust
   • 3 The origins and development of the Cold War

5. 5. European option: European history, 1919–41 (A)

   • 1 Mussolini’s Italy, 1919–41
   • 2 Stalin’s Russia, 1924–41
   • 3 Hitler’s Germany, 1929–41

6. 6. American option: The USA, 1945–93 (A)

   • 4 Truman, Eisenhower and post-war USA, 1945–61
   • 5 A time of challenges: the USA, 1961–74
   • 6 The USA, 1974–93

7. 7. International option: International history, 1909–94 (A)

   • 7 The Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, 1953–91
   • 8 End of minority rule in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1948–94
   • 9 The route to independence: Malaysia and Indonesia, c.1909–67