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CSS European History Complete Guide With Free Preparation Material

CSS European History is one of the most important compulsory papers of this competitive exam, as it covers all the basic knowledge required for a bureaucrat about Pakistan. A lot of preparatory material is in the market, but updated, reliable, and comprehensive material is required to clear this paper in this competitive exam.

CSS European History Syllabus Overview

Part – I

I. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era (1789-1815)

  • The causes of French Revolution
  • The consequences of Revolution
  • Napoleon rise to power
  • Creation of Empire
  • The Continental system
  • The fall of Napoleon

II. The Concert of Europe (1815-1830)

  • The Congress of Vienna
  • Metternich’s Era
  • The Concert of Europe and Congress System
  • Balance of Power

III. Forces of Continuity and Change in Europe (1815-1848)

  • Nationalism
  • Liberalism
  • Romanticism
  • Socialism
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Colonialism
  • Consequences

IV. The Eastern Question (1804-1856)

  • The nature of the Eastern question
  • The Crimean War
  • Russo Turkish War 1877
  • Consequences

V. Unification of Italy

  • The effects of the revolution of 1848
  • The obstacles to unification
  • Cavour and the unification of Italy
  • The Process of Italian unification (1859-1871)

VI. Unification of Germany

  • The rise of Bismarck
  • Diplomatic events
  • The Austro-Prussian War (1866)
  • The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
  • The triumph of Bismarck and process of unification

VII. The Origins of First World War (1890-1914)

  • Formation of Alliances and Counter Alliances
  • The Balkans War (1912-1913)
  • The outbreak of World War 1

Part – II

VIII. The First World War and its Aftermath

  • The War (1914-1918) and peace treaties
  • The League of Nations

IX. Dictatorships in Europe

  • Fascism in Italy under Mussolini
  • Hitler, Nazism and Germany
  • Russia, Marxism Revolution and its working under Stalin
  • Great Depression and its effects on Europe
  • Appeasement
  • The Arms Race
  • The Sudetenland Crisis (1938)
  • The destruction of Czechoslovakia (1939)

X. The Second World War and its Effects on Europe

  • The Main Events of the War
  • Impact of war

XI. Post-War Europe

  • The post-war settlements
  • The United Nations
  • Economic Recovery of Europe, Marshall Plan
  • German Question
  • NATO
  • Decolonization

XII. Cold War Europe (1955-1991)

  • Effects of Cold War
  • Warsaw Pact (1955)
  • The European Economic Community (EEC)
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement
  • Charles de Gaulle and France
  • Spread of Communist regimes in Europe

XIII. Europe (1991-2012)

  • The Gorbachev and Disintegration of USSR
  • The reunification of Germany
  • The Balkan crisis of 1990s
  • The European Union
  • Role of Europe in War against terrorism
  • Global Economic Crisis and Europe
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