The textbook "Horizonte" offers a comprehensive and competency-oriented introduction to history for high schools in Rhineland-Palatinate. It has been developed in accordance with the subject curriculum for history and takes into account the current adjustments from 2021. The structure of the book is clearly organized and promotes the development of various competencies, including subject-specific, methodological, communication, and judgment competencies. The content is designed to be student-centered and multi-perspective, helping learners to better understand and analyze historical contexts. A central feature of the book is its thematic organization according to the categories established in the curriculum, such as power, society, economy, and worldviews. This structure enables learners to draw comparisons across different eras and gain a deeper understanding of the development of historical processes.