The Allied Advance

1.1.1Vikings & Anglo-Saxons

1.1.2Reasons for Viking Invasions

1.1.3Alfred the Great

1.1.4England's Revival

1.1.5Anglo-Saxon Towns

1.2.1Edward the Confessor's Death

1.2.2The Contenders

1.2.3Battle of Stamford Bridge

1.2.4Battle of Hastings

1.2.5Battle of Hastings Timeline

1.2.6End of Topic Test - Edward's Death to Hastings

1.2.7The Feudal System

1.2.8Castles

1.2.9The Domesday Book

1.2.10End of Topic Test - Feudal System & Domesday Book

1.3.1Origins of the Crusades

1.3.2Early Disputes Over the Holy Land

1.3.3The First Crusade

1.3.4Course of the Crusades

1.3.5Reasons for the Crusades

1.3.6Military Impact of the Crusades

1.3.7Scientific Impact of the Crusades

1.3.8Domestic Impact of the Crusades

1.3.9Christian Interpretation of the Crusades

1.3.10Muslim Interpretation of the Crusades

1.3.11End of Topic Test - The Crusades

1.3.12End of Topic Test - The Crusades 2

1.4.1King John

1.4.2King John's Power

1.4.3King John & the Church

1.4.4The Battle of Bouvines

1.4.5The Barons' Rebellion

1.4.6End of Topic Test - King John

1.4.7End of Topic Test - The Battle of Bouvines

1.4.8End of Topic Test - The BArons' Rebellion

1.5.1The Magna Carta

1.5.2Lasting Impact of the Magna Carta

1.5.3The Magna Carta & the Monarchy

1.5.4The Magna Carta & Democracy

1.5.5Contemporary Interpretations of King John

1.5.6Later Interpretations of King John

1.5.7Modern Interpretations of King John

1.5.8End of Topic Test - The Magna Carta

1.5.9End of Topic Test - Lasting Impact of Magna Carta

1.5.10End of Topic Test - Interpretations of King John

1.6.1The Black Death

1.6.2The Impact of the Black Death

2.1.1Measuring Time

2.2.1Constantinople & the World in 1000

2.2.2Who was St Foy?

2.2.3The Significance of St Foy

2.3.1Location & Building of Baghdad

2.3.2House of Wisdom

2.3.3Development of Knowledge

2.3.4Madrasas

2.3.5Translating Knowledge & Key Scholars

2.3.6Science & Medicine

2.3.7What does Medieval Baghdad Reveal?

3.1.1Geography of the Mali Empire

3.1.2Medieval West Africa

3.1.3Foundation of the Malian Empire

3.1.4Sunjata Keita

3.1.5Cities of the Mali Empire

3.2.1Mansa Musa

3.3.1The Hajj to Mecca

3.3.2The Impact of the Hajj

3.3.3The Impact in Mali

4.1.1Birth of the Renaissance

4.1.2Renaissance Ideas

4.1.3Renaissance Art

4.1.4Key Renaissance Artists

4.1.5The Renaissance in Europe

4.1.6The Difference Between Italy & Europe

4.1.7Key Figures in the Renaissance

4.1.8End of Topic Test - Black Death

4.1.9End of Topic Test - The Renaissance

4.2.1The Reformation

4.2.2Martin Luther

4.2.3Spread of the Reformation

4.2.4The Reformation in England

4.2.5Impact of Henry VIII's Reformation

4.2.6Edward VI's Reformation

4.2.7The Act of Supremacy

4.2.8The Break with Rome

4.2.9Returning to Catholicism

4.2.10Returning to Protestantism

4.3.1The Counter-Reformation in Europe

4.3.2The Impact of the Counter-Reformation

4.3.3End of Topic Test - The Reformation

5.1.1The British Empire

5.2.1Early Settlement

5.2.2Jamestown, Virginia

5.2.3The Pilgrim Fathers

5.2.4Native Americans

5.2.5Independence

5.3.1The Slave Trade

5.3.2Impact of the Slave Trade

5.4.1The East India Company

5.4.2Expansion of the East India Company

5.4.3Bengal

5.4.4Significance of India

5.5.1A Penal Colony

5.5.2The Native Population

5.6.1Cape Colony

5.6.2Egypt

5.6.3West Africa

5.7.1Impacts of the British Empire

5.7.2The Brutality of Empire

5.7.3The Fall of the British Empire

5.7.4End of Topic Test - The British Empire 1

5.7.5End of Topic Test - The British Empire 2

6.1.1Why Did the Peasants Revolt?

6.1.2Poll Tax

6.1.3Black Death

6.1.4John of Gaunt

6.1.5Other Reasons for the Peasants' Revolt

6.1.6The Trigger for the Peasants' Revolt

6.2.1Rebellion Starts in Essex & Kent

6.2.2March to London

6.2.3Events in London

6.2.4Crushing the Revolt

6.2.5End of the Revolt

6.3.1Immediate Consequences

6.3.2Short Term Consequences

6.3.3Long Term Consequences

6.4.1What is Monarchic Power?

6.4.2Was the Revolt a Threat to the King's Power?

6.4.3Was the Revolt a Threat to the Lords?

6.4.4Was the Revolt a Threat to the Feudal System?

7.1.1How Powerful was the Church?

7.1.2The Church

7.1.3Where did People Worship?

7.1.4What was the Role of the Church in Everyday Life?

7.1.5How did the Church use the Afterlife?

7.1.6What was the Role of Monasteries?

7.1.7How Significant was the Church?

8.1.1Beginnings of the Slave Trade

8.1.2The Triangular Slave Trade

8.1.3Impact of the Slave Trade on Britain

8.1.4Slave Trade & World Impacts

8.1.5Reasons Attitudes to the Slave Trade Changed

8.1.6The Committee for the Abolition

8.1.7The Abolition of Slavery: Key Events

8.1.8Interpretations of the Slave Trade

8.1.9Interpretations of Abolition

8.1.10End of Topic Test - Slavery

9.1.1Charles I

9.1.2Charles I & Parliament

9.1.3Charles I's 'Eleven Years' Tyranny'

9.1.4Charles I Calls Parliament

9.2.1Political

9.2.2Religious

9.2.3Catholic Plots

9.2.4Economic

9.3.1Sides in the Civil War

9.3.2Course of the Civil War

9.3.3Cromwell and the Civil War

9.3.4Outcome of the Civil War

9.4.1The Commonwealth

9.4.2The Protectorate

9.4.3Politics of the People

9.4.4The Restoration of the Monarchy

9.5.1Traditional Interpretation of the Civil War

9.5.2Marxist & Revisionist Interpretations

9.5.3End of Topic Test - The Civil War

10.1.1Life in Britain 1750

10.1.2New Inventions

10.1.3What was the Significance of these Inventions?

10.1.4The Factory System

10.1.5Factory Life

10.1.6Coal

10.1.7Steam Trains

10.1.8Canals

10.1.9Towns & Cities

10.1.10Living Conditions in Towns & Cities

11.1.1Conquering America

11.1.2Fighting France

11.1.3Causes of the War of Independence

11.1.4Causes of the War of Independence 2

11.1.5The American War of Independence

11.1.6Outcome of the War

11.1.7End of Topic Test - US Independence

12.1.1The Ancien Regime

12.1.2The Estates-General

12.1.3The Storming of the Bastille

12.1.4Political Reform

12.1.5The Fall of the King

12.1.6The Terror

12.2.1Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?

12.2.2Napoleon’s Rise to Power

12.2.3Napoleon in Power

12.2.4Military Success

12.2.5The Fall of Napoleon

13.1.1Empires over Time

13.1.2Expansion into Africa

13.1.3Motives for Expansion into Africa

13.1.4History of Egypt

13.1.5The British Empire & India

13.1.6The Bengal Famine, Indian Mutiny & Indian Economy

13.1.7International Relations with other Powers

13.1.8Scramble for Africa

13.1.9The Berlin Conference & Assessment

13.1.10Native Policy in Colonies

13.1.11Relations & Business with Iran

13.1.12Iran After WW2

13.1.13Impact of WW1

13.1.14Indian & African Support for the British in WW1

13.1.15Palestine & the Middle East

13.1.16Britain & its African & Middle Eastern Colonies

14.1.1The 1832 Great Reform Act

14.1.2Women & Work in the 19th Century

14.1.3Women’s Education in the 19th Century

14.1.4The Rise of Revolutionaries

14.2.1The Suffragists (NUWSS)

14.2.2The Suffragettes (WSPU)

14.2.3The Escalation of the Suffragettes (WSPU)

14.2.4The Effect of WW1 on the Suffragettes

14.3.1Women’s Enfranchisement

14.3.2Political Representation

15.1.1A United Germany

15.1.2German Foreign Policy

15.1.3The Triple Alliance

15.1.4The 'Entente'

15.1.5Impact of the Alliances on International Relations

15.1.6German Rearmament

15.1.7British Rearmament

15.2.1Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

15.2.2The July Crisis

15.2.3The Schlieffen Plan

15.2.4Failure of the Schlieffen Plan

15.2.5The Crisis in the Balkans (1908-1909)

15.2.6The Crisis in the Balkans (1908-1909) - Climax

15.2.7The Balkan Wars (1912-13)

15.2.8Summary of the Lead Up to War

15.3.1Stalemate

15.3.2Trench Warfare

15.3.3Battle of Verdun

15.3.4Battle of the Somme

15.3.5Consequences of the Battle of the Somme

15.3.6Battle of Passchendaele

15.3.7New Weapons

15.3.8The War at Sea

15.3.9U-Boats

15.3.10The War in the Air

15.4.1Forgotten Armies of WWI

15.4.2The Story of Ganga Singh

15.4.3The Story of Algerian Troops

15.4.4The Story of Mike Mountain Horse

15.4.5The Story of Chinese Labourers

15.5.1Reasons for the Entry of the USA

15.5.2The Impact of US Entry on the War

15.5.3The German Spring Offensive

15.5.5The Final Blockade

15.5.6The Armistice

16.1.1The Wall Street Crash

16.1.2The Great Depression

16.2.1The German Police State

16.2.2The Gestapo & SS

16.2.3The Success of Repression

16.2.4The USSR Police State

16.2.5Employment in Germany

16.2.6Economic Policies in Germany

16.2.7Nazi Economic Policy - Costs & Benefits

16.2.8Economic Policies in USSR

16.2.9The Jews & Anti-Semitism

16.2.10The Persecution of the Jews - The Holocaust

16.2.11Cult of Personality in the USSR

16.3.1The Rise of Mussolini

16.3.2Mussolini in Power

16.3.3The Rise of Hitler

16.3.4Hitler in Power

16.3.5The Buildup to WW2

16.3.6The Rise of Stalin

16.3.7Stalin in Power

16.4.1Structure of the League of Nations

16.4.2Successes of the League of Nations

16.4.3Failures of the League of Nations

17.1.1Long Term Factors of WW2

17.1.2Hitler & the Nazis

17.1.3Appeasement

17.1.4The Phoney War

17.1.5The Blitzkrieg

17.1.6The Battle of Britain

17.1.7German Invasion of the USSR

17.1.8US Entrance into WW2

17.1.9Allied Victory

17.1.10Churchill

17.1.11Anti-Semitism

17.1.12The Holocaust

17.1.13Outcome of WW2

17.1.14Interpretations of the Causes of WW2

17.1.15Interpretation of US Entrance

17.1.16Interpretation of USSR Entrance

18.1.1Introduction to Key Terms of the Cold War

18.1.2Ideological Differences Between the Superpowers

18.1.3The Yalta & Potsdam Conferences - 1945 AD

18.1.4Satellite States

18.1.5The Atomic Bomb

18.1.6NATO

18.1.7Containment

18.1.8The Marshall Plan

18.1.9The Berlin Crisis

18.1.10The Berlin Airlift

18.1.11The Refugee Problem in Berlin

18.1.12The Berlin Wall

18.1.13The Arms Race

18.1.14The Space Race

18.1.15Relations with Cuba

18.1.16The Cuban Missile Crisis

18.1.17Consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis

19.1.1Segregation & Discrimination

19.1.2Voting

19.1.3Brown v. Topeka

19.1.4Little Rock High School

19.1.5Rosa Parks

19.1.6Martin Luther King Jr.

19.1.7Opposition to the Civil Rights Movement

19.1.8The Murder of Emmett Till

19.1.9The James Meredith Case

19.1.10Peaceful Protests in the 1960s

19.1.11Freedom Summer & Mississippi Murders

19.1.12Civil & Voting Rights Acts

19.1.13Presidents Kennedy & Johnson

19.1.14The Riots of 1965–67

19.1.15The Kerner Report

19.1.16Martin Luther King's Campaign

19.1.17Assassination of Martin Luther King

19.1.18Consequences of Assassination of MLK