IB History Topic Paper 3 - History of Asia and Oceania (SL/HL) covers syllabus content. Use these notes, questionbank, flashcards, and lessons to review the topic, practise exam questions, and move between notes, videos, flashcards, and lessons where available.
What this topic covers
Section 1: Trade & Exchange: The Silk Road in the Medieval World
Section 2: Japan in the Age of the Samurai (1180–1333)
Section 3: Exploration, trade and interaction in East Asia & South-East Asia (1405–1700)
Section 4: The Rise & Fall of the Mughal Empire (1526–1712)
Section 5: Colonialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia
Section 6: India, Afghanistan and Burma (1750–1919)
Section 7: Challenges to Traditional East Asian Societies (1700–1868)
Section 8: British Colonialism & Emerging National Identities in Oceania (1788–1919)
Section 9: Early Modernization & Imperial Decline in East Asia (1860–1912)
Section 10: Nationalism & Independence in India (1919–1964)
Section 11: Japan (1912–1990)
Section 12: China and Korea (1910–1950)
Section 13: Impact of the Second World War on South-East Asia
Section 14: The People’s Republic of China (1949–2005)
Section 15: Cold War Conflicts in Asia
Section 16: Developments and Challenges in South Asia after 1947
Section 17: Oceania after the Second World War (1945–2005)
Section 18: Asia (excluding China, Japan and India) (1980–2005)