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Empires: Timeline 2 (C. 100 BCE To 1300 CE) — Syllabus

CBSE · Class 11 · History

What Empires: Timeline 2 (C. 100 BCE To 1300 CE) 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 Empires: Timeline 2 (C. 100 BCE To 1300 CE)

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1. The world of trade and early expansion

  • By the sixth century BCE, Iranians controlled major parts of the Assyrian empire.
  • Trade networks developed overland and along the Mediterranean coasts.
  • Greek city-states and their colonies benefited from this trade growth.
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2. Alexander and the Hellenised world

  • Alexander, ruler of the kingdom of Macedon, undertook military campaigns and conquered parts of North Africa, West Asia, and Iran, reaching up to the Beas.
  • Alexander's soldiers refused to go further east at the Beas.
  • After the conquests, the region became Hellenised and Greek became a well-known language.
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3. Rome and the transformation into an empire

  • Rome's military forces established control over North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean from the second century BCE.
  • At that time, Rome was a republic.
  • In the middle of the first century BCE, under Julius Caesar, the Roman Empire was extended to present-day Britain and Germany.
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4. Christianity, Islam, and large empires

  • Christianity originated in Palestine in the early first century CE.
  • Jesus Christ lived in Judaea, a province of the Roman Empire.
  • Christianity was introduced in Axum in 330 CE.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Empires across continents and the movement of peoples, ideas, religions, trade, and power from c. 100 BCE to 1300 CE

Iranians and Assyrian empireGreek city-statesAlexander's campaignsRome's expansionChristianisation and imperial changeArab empireMongol expansionReligions and empires

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Key topics in Empires: Timeline 2 (C. 100 BCE To 1300 CE) include The world of trade and early expansion, Alexander and the Hellenised world, Rome and the transformation into an empire, Christianity, Islam, and large empires. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 11 exams.
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