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Pearson Edexcel IGCSE World History

Syllabus 4HI1 · Issue 5, February 2026 · sourced from Pearson Edexcel — official specification PDF, verified 2026-08-19.

  1. 1. Paper 1 – Depth Studies (choose at least 2 of 8)

    • 1.1 The French Revolution, c1780–99
    • 1.2 Development of a Nation: Unification of Italy, 1848–70
    • 1.3 Germany: Development of Dictatorship, 1918–45
    • 1.4 Colonial Rule and the Nationalist Challenge in India, 1919–47
    • 1.5 Dictatorship and Conflict in the USSR, 1924–53
    • 1.6 A World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1943–72
    • 1.7 A Divided Union: Civil Rights in the USA, 1945–74
    • 1.8 South Africa: From Union to the End of Apartheid, 1948–94

  2. 2. Paper 2 – Investigation and Breadth Studies

    • 2.1 Historical Investigation A1: The Origins and Course of the First World War, 1905–18
    • 2.2 Historical Investigation A2: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905–24
    • 2.3 Historical Investigation A3: The USA, 1918–41
    • 2.4 Historical Investigation A4: The Vietnam Conflict, 1945–75
    • 2.5 Historical Investigation A5: East Germany, 1958–90
    • 2.6 Breadth Study B1: America — From New Nation to Divided Union, 1783–1877
    • 2.7 Breadth Study B2: Changes in Medicine, c1848–c1948
    • 2.8 Breadth Study B3: Japan in Transformation, 1853–1945
    • 2.9 Breadth Study B4: China — Conflict, Crisis and Change, 1900–89
    • 2.10 Breadth Study B5: The League and the UN, 1919–c2011
    • 2.11 Breadth Study B6: The Changing Nature of Warfare and International Conflict, 1919–2011
    • 2.12 Breadth Study B7: The Middle East — Conflict, Crisis and Change, 1917–2012
    • 2.13 Breadth Study B8: Diversity, Rights and Equality in Britain, 1914–2010