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AQA GCSE History Syllabus
The complete AQA GCSE History specification mapped to 185 topics. Click any topic for free revision notes and practice questions.
America, 1840–1895
Expansion and Consolidation
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America, 1920–1973
Opportunity and Inequality
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Opportunity and inequality – Bust: the Great Depression and New Deal
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Opportunity and inequality – Civil rights and social change in the 1960s and 1970s
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Opportunity and inequality – Post-war America: affluence and conformity
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Opportunity and Inequality – Post-war America: McCarthyism, the Red Scare and the 1950s economic boom
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Opportunity and Inequality – Racial tension and inequality in 1920s America: the KKK, immigration restrictions and treatment of Black Americans
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Opportunity and Inequality – Roosevelt and the New Deal
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Opportunity and Inequality – Social and cultural change in the 1920s: the Roaring Twenties, prohibition and organised crime
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Opportunity and Inequality – Social and political change in the 1960s and early 1970s: Vietnam War protests, women's rights and other movements
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Opportunity and inequality – The American people and the 'Boom'
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Opportunity and Inequality – The causes and impact of the Great Depression
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Opportunity and Inequality – The Civil Rights Movement: key events, individuals and methods, 1950s–1960s
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Opportunity and Inequality – The US economy and society in the 1920s: boom, consumerism and the American Dream
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Britain
Health and the people – Historic environment of Quarry Bank Mill
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Health and the People, c1000 to the Present Day
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Power and the People, c1170 to the Present Day
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Power and the People, c1170 to the Present Day – Magna Carta and the origins of parliamentary government
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Power and the People, c1170 to the Present Day – Reform and protest in the 18th and 19th centuries: Luddites, Peterloo and Chartism
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Power and the People, c1170 to the Present Day – The campaign for women's suffrage: suffragists and suffragettes
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Power and the People, c1170 to the Present Day – The Peasants' Revolt and popular protest in the medieval period
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Power and the People, c1170 to the Present Day – The struggle for power in the 17th century: the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution
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Power and the People, c1170 to the Present Day – The Welfare State and post-1945 reforms to extend rights and democracy
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British Depth Study
Power and the People c.1170 to the Present Day
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Conflict and tension
the inter-war years, 1918–1939 – Peacemaking
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the inter-war years, 1918–1939 – The League of Nations and international peace
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the inter-war years, 1918–1939 – The origins and outbreak of the Second World War
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Conflict and Tension
Britain, Europe and the Wider World, 1933–1975
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The First World War, 1894–1918 – Assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the July Crisis, 1914
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The First World War, 1894–1918 – Causes of the First World War: MAIN factors and the alliance system
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The First World War, 1894–1918 – The end of the war: armistice and the Treaty of Versailles
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The First World War, 1894–1918 – The wider war: Gallipoli, the war at sea and the entry of the USA
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The First World War, 1894–1918 – Trench warfare on the Western Front: conditions, tactics and major battles
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The Inter-War Years, 1918–1939
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Conflict and Tension, 1894–1918 – The ending of the war
the peace settlement and its impact
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Conflict and Tension, 1918–1939 – The League of Nations
formation, structure and early work
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Conflict and Tension, 1918–1939 – The peace settlements
Versailles and the treatment of Germany
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Elizabethan England
Historic Environment
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Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 – Elizabeth I and her court
the 'Virgin Queen', government and the role of favourites
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Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 – Religious matters
the Religious Settlement and the challenge from Catholics and Puritans
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Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 – Troubles abroad
the Spanish Armada and conflict with Spain
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Germany, 1890–1945
Democracy and Dictatorship
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Democracy and dictatorship – Germany and the occupied territories during the Second World War
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Democracy and Dictatorship – Germany and the Second World War, 1939–1945
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Democracy and Dictatorship – Hitler's consolidation of power, 1933–1934
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Democracy and dictatorship – Hitler's rise to power
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Democracy and Dictatorship – Kaiser Wilhelm II and the difficulties of ruling Germany
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Democracy and dictatorship – Kaiser Wilhelm II and the growth of democracy
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Democracy and Dictatorship – Life in Nazi Germany: youth, women, workers and the Church
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Democracy and dictatorship – Nazi Germany, 1933–1939
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Democracy and Dictatorship – Nazi racial policy and the persecution of minorities
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Democracy and Dictatorship – The impact of the First World War on Germany
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Democracy and Dictatorship – The Nazi dictatorship, 1933–1939: police state and propaganda
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Democracy and Dictatorship – The rise of the Nazi Party, 1919–1933
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Democracy and dictatorship – The Weimar Republic
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Democracy and Dictatorship – The Weimar Republic, 1919–1929
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Health and the people
c1000 to the present day – Historic environment: a specified site relevant to medicine and health
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c1000 to the present day – Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain
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c1000 to the present day – Medicine in medieval England
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c1000 to the present day – Medicine in modern Britain
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c1000 to the present day – The Medical Renaissance in England, c1500–c1700
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Health and the People
c1000 to the Present Day – Dealing with disease in the 18th and 19th centuries: Jenner, germ theory, Pasteur and Koch
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c1000 to the Present Day – Medicine in the Middle Ages: beliefs, treatments and the role of the Church
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c1000 to the Present Day – Modern medicine: Fleming, penicillin, the development of the NHS and 20th-century medical advances
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c1000 to the Present Day – Public health reforms in the 19th century: cholera, Chadwick and government action
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c1000 to the Present Day – Surgery and anaesthetics: Simpson, Lister and developments in surgical techniques
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c1000 to the Present Day – The Renaissance and medical progress: Vesalius, Harvey and changing ideas
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Medieval England
The Reign of Edward I, 1272–1307
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Migration, empires and the people
c790 to the present day – Conquered and conquerors: the Middle Ages
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c790 to the present day – Historic environment: a specified site relevant to migration and empire
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c790 to the present day – Migration and Empire in the modern era
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c790 to the present day – The British Empire: the nineteenth century and beyond
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c790 to the present day – The emergence of Britain as a world power: early modern period
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Migration, Empires and the People
Britain, c790 to the Present Day
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c790 to the Present Day – Medieval migration and the movement of peoples
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c790 to the Present Day – Migration to and from Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries
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c790 to the Present Day – Post-1945 migration and the impact on British society
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c790 to the Present Day – The British Empire: trade, conquest and colonisation
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c790 to the Present Day – The slave trade: causes, nature and abolition
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c790 to the Present Day – Viking raids and settlement in Britain
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Norman England, c1066–c1100 – Norman England
society, the Church and the arts
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Norman England, c1066–c1100 – Norman society
life, culture and the impact of Norman rule on the English
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Norman England, c1066–c1100 – The Norman Church
changes to religion, the role of the Church, Lanfranc
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Norman England, c1066–c1100 – The Norman Conquest
the claimants to the throne and the events of 1066
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Norman England, c1066–c1100 – William I in power
securing the kingdom
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Period Study
America, 1840–1895: Expansion and Consolidation
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America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and Inequality
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Britain: Health and the People c.1000 to the Present Day
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Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945–1972
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Conflict and Tension: The Cold War, 1941–1991
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Conflict and Tension: The First World War, 1894–1918
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Conflict and Tension: The Inter-War Years, 1918–1939
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Elizabethan England, c.1568–1603
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Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and Dictatorship
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Norman England, c.1066–c.1100
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Power and the people
c1170 to the present day – Challenging royal authority, c1170–c1216
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c1170 to the present day – Expanding rights and freedoms, c1215–c1450
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c1170 to the present day – Historic environment: a specified site relevant to power and protest
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c1170 to the present day – Religious reform and political revolution, c1517–c1750
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c1170 to the present day – Rights, democracy and the franchise, c1750 to the present day
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Restoration England, c1625–c1685 – Charles I and Parliament
the causes of the Civil War
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Restoration England, c1625–c1685 – The English Civil War
key events, Royalists vs Parliamentarians
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Restoration England, c1625–c1685 – The Interregnum
the execution of Charles I, the Commonwealth and Cromwell's Protectorate
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Russia, 1894–1945
Tsardom and Communism
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Tsardom and Communism – Economic and social change under Stalin: collectivisation, industrialisation and life in the USSR
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Tsardom and Communism – Lenin's Soviet state: War Communism, NEP and the nature of Leninist rule
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Tsardom and Communism – Opposition to tsardom and the 1905 Revolution
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Tsardom and Communism – Stalin's dictatorship: terror, purges and the cult of personality
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Tsardom and Communism – Stalin's rise to power and the power struggle after Lenin
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Tsardom and Communism – The Bolshevik Revolution of October/November 1917 and the seizure of power
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Tsardom and Communism – The Civil War and Lenin's consolidation of power
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Tsardom and communism – The consolidation of Bolshevik rule, 1917–1924
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Tsardom and Communism – The impact of the First World War and the fall of the Tsar, 1917
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Tsardom and communism – The revolutions of 1917
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Tsardom and communism – The rule of Tsar Nicholas II
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Tsardom and Communism – The Soviet Union and the Second World War
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Tsardom and communism – The Stalin dictatorship
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Tsardom and Communism – Tsar Nicholas II and the nature of autocracy
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The Normans
Historic Environment
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Wars and Welfare
Britain in Transition, 1906–1957
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Wider World Depth Study
Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941–1991
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The Arab–Israeli Conflict, 1945–95
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All topics
Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–c1088 – Changes to landholding, the feudal system and Norman governance
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Anglo-Saxon society, government and the Church
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Stamford Bridge and Hastings
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purpose and significance
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Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–c1088 – The Norman Church and changes to religion under William I
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rebellions, the harrying of the North and castles
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Cold War
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Conflict and Tension Between East and West, 1945–1972
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Hungary 1956, Berlin Wall 1961, Cuba 1962
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Conflict and Tension Between East and West, 1945–1972 – Moves towards détente and the end of the period
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Korea, China and the arms race
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Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972 – The development of the Cold War
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Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and Berlin Blockade
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Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972 – The origins of the Cold War
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ideological differences, Yalta and Potsdam, Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe
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Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972 – Transformation of the Cold War
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Conflict and Tension in Asia, 1950–1975
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Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950–1975 – Conflict in Korea
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Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950–1975 – Escalation of conflict in Vietnam
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a specified site relevant to the period
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Conflict and Tension in Asia, 1950–1975 – The causes of conflict in Korea and the Korean War
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Nixon, Vietnamisation and the fall of Saigon
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Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950–1975 – The ending of conflict in Vietnam and its legacy
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guerrilla tactics, US military methods, opposition at home
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escalation of the Vietnam War
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Conflict and Tension, 1894–1918
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Alliance systems, imperialism, nationalism and militarism
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Conflict and Tension, 1894–1918 – The July Crisis and the outbreak of war, 1914
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Gallipoli, the war at sea and the wider war
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trench warfare, major battles and tactics
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Conflict and Tension, 1918–1939 – Appeasement and the outbreak of the Second World War
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rearmament, Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia
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Manchuria and Abyssinia
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Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present – Crime and punishment in early modern England, c1500–c1700
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Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present – Crime and punishment in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain
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Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present – Crime and punishment in medieval England, c1000–c1500
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Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present – Crime and punishment in the twentieth century
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Elizabethan England
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Elizabethan England, c1568–1603
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Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 – Elizabeth's court and Parliament
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Drake, Raleigh and the wider world
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rich and poor, education, theatre and the Renaissance
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Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 – Life in Elizabethan times
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Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 – The challenge of Mary Queen of Scots
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Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 – The historic environment of Elizabethan England
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Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 – Troubles at home and abroad
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Medicine Through Time
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Norman England
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Norman England, c1066–c1100
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Norman England, c1066–c1100 – The Domesday Book and its purposes
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Norman England, c1066–c1100 – The feudal system and Norman government
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Norman England, c1066–c1100 – The historic environment of Norman England
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Norman England, c1066–c1100 – The Norman Conquest
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rebellions and responses, castles and control
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Restoration England, 1660–1685 – Religious and political tensions
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Restoration England, 1660–1685 – The historic environment of Restoration England
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Restoration England, 1660–1685 – The Popish Plot and Exclusion Crisis
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Restoration England, 1660–1685 – The Restoration Settlement
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the Royal Society and the Great Fire of London
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settlement, religion and culture
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Restoration England, c1660–1685
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Weimar and Nazi Germany
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