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Changing Traditions: Timeline 3 (C. 1300 To 1700) — Syllabus

CBSE · Class 11 · History

What Changing Traditions: Timeline 3 (C. 1300 To 1700) covers in CBSE Class 11 History: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session.

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4 Topics · CBSE Class 11 History · 2026-27

Topics in Changing Traditions: Timeline 3 (C. 1300 To 1700)

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1. Big Changes in the Period c. 1300 to 1700

  • By the ninth century, large parts of Asia witnessed the growth and expansion of great empires.
  • By the fifth century CE the Roman Empire in the west had disintegrated.
  • Charlemagne's empire was in western and central Europe at the beginning of the ninth century.
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2. Feudalism and the Church in Western Europe

  • In western Europe, after the disintegration of the western Roman Empire, Roman institutions were adapted to the needs of tribal kingdoms.
  • The Church and royal government developed a combination of Roman institutions with tribal customary rules.
  • The finest example was the empire of Charlemagne in western and central Europe at the beginning of the ninth century.
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3. Commerce, Towns, and the Renaissance

  • From the twelfth century, Mediterranean entrepreneurs in Venice and Genoa influenced commerce and towns.
  • Their ships carried growing trade with Muslim states and the remains of the Roman Empire in the east.
  • Trade within Europe improved through fairs and the port cities of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.
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4. Voyages of Discovery and European Encounters

  • By the end of the fifteenth century, travel and discovery increased greatly.
  • Spaniards and Portuguese pushed down the coast of western Africa and eventually led journeys around the Cape of Good Hope to India.
  • Vasco da Gama's arrival in Calicut (present-day Kozhikode) occurred in 1498.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Major political, cultural, economic, and intellectual transformations across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific from c. 1300 to 1700

Feudalism in western EuropeCharlemagne's empireGrowth of commerce and townsRenaissanceVoyages of discoveryEuropean encounters with other peoplesImpact of European expansionMajor events and rulers

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Key topics in Changing Traditions: Timeline 3 (C. 1300 To 1700) include Big Changes in the Period c. 1300 to 1700, Feudalism and the Church in Western Europe, Commerce, Towns, and the Renaissance, Voyages of Discovery and European Encounters. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 11 exams.
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