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History A - H505
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British period study and enquiry
Non-British period study
Unit group 1: British period study and enquiry (Y101-Y113)
Y101 Alfred and the Making of England 871-1016
Y102 Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035-1107
Y103 England 1199-1272
Y104 England 1377-1455
Y105 England 1445-1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII
Y106 England 1485-1558: the Early Tudors
Y107 England 1547-1603: the Later Tudors
Y108 The Early Stuarts and the Origins of the Civil War 1603-1660
Y109 The Making of Georgian Britain 1678-c.1760
Y110 From Pitt to Peel: Britain 1783-1853
Y111 Liberals, Conservatives and the Rise of Labour 1846-1918
Y112 Britain 1900-1951
Y113 Britain 1930-1997
Unit group 2: Non-British period study (Y201-Y224)
Y201 The Rise of Islam c.550-750
Y202 Charlemagne 768-814
Y203 The Crusades and the Crusader States 1095-1192
Y204 Genghis Khan and the Explosion from the Steppes c.1167-1405
Y205 Exploration, Encounters and Empire 1445-1570
Y206 Spain 1469-1556
Y207 The German Reformation and the rule of Charles V 1500-1559
Y208 Philip II 1556-1598
Y209 African Kingdoms c.1400-c.1800: four case studies
Y210 Russia 1645-1741
Y211 The Rise and Decline of the Mughal Empire in India 1526-1739
Y212 The American Revolution 1740-1796
Y213 The French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon 1774-1815
Y214 France 1814-1870
Y215 Italy and Unification 1789-1896
Y216 The USA in the 19th Century: Westward expansion and Civil War 1803-c.1890
Y217 Japan 1853-1937
Y218 International Relations 1890-1941
Y219 Russia 1894-1941
Y220 Italy 1896-1943
Y221 Democracy and Dictatorships in Germany 1919-1963
Y222 The Cold War in Asia 1945-1993
Y223 The Cold War in Europe 1941-1995
Y224 Apartheid and Reconciliation: South African Politics 1948-1999
Thematic study and historical interpretations
Unit group 3: Thematic study and historical interpretations (Y301-Y321)
Y301 The Early Anglo-Saxons c.400-800
Y302 The Viking Age c.790-1066
Y303 English Government and the Church 1066-1216
Y304 The Church and Medieval Heresy c.1100-1437
Y305 The Renaissance c.1400-c.1600
Y306 Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485-1603
Y307 Tudor Foreign Policy 1485-1603
Y308 The Catholic Reformation 1492-1610
Y309 The Ascendancy of the Ottoman Empire 1453-1606
Y310 The Development of the Nation State: France 1498-1610
Y311 The Origins and Growth of the British Empire 1558-1783
Y312 Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries
Y313 The Ascendancy of France 1610-1715
Y314 The Challenge of German Nationalism 1789-1919
Y315 The Changing Nature of Warfare 1792-1945
Y316 Britain and Ireland 1791-1921
Y317 China and its Rulers 1839-1989
Y318 Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964
Y319 Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992
Y320 From Colonialism to Independence: The British Empire 1857-1965
Y321 The Middle East 1908-2011: Ottomans to Arab Spring
Historical skills across the papers
Source enquiry: evaluating four contemporary sources
Historical interpretations: comparing two extracts
Period study and thematic essay writing
Y100 Topic based essay: independent enquiry
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