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OCR A-level History A H505
460 points in 3 topics, with OCR's codes and titles.
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1 British period study and enquiry
- Y101 Alfred and the Making of England 871–1016
- Y101.1 Enquiry Topic: Alfred the Great
- Y101.1.1 Alfred and the Vikings
- Y101.1.2 Alfred and the governance of England
- Y101.1.3 The revival of literacy and learning: the Alfredian Renaissance
- Y101.2 British Period Study: The Making of England 899–1016
- Y101.2.1 Edward the Elder 899–924
- Y101.2.2 Athelstan 924–939
- Y101.2.3 Edmund 939–946, Eadred 946–955 and Edgar 957–975
- Y101.2.4 Aethelred 978–1016
- Y102 Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1107
- Y102.1 British Period Study: Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1087
- Y102.1.1 Anglo-Saxon England 1035–1066
- Y102.1.2 William of Normandy’s invasion and the Battle of Hastings 1066
- Y102.1.3 William I and the consolidation of power
- Y102.1.4 William I and the government and administration of England
- Y102.2 Enquiry Topic: Norman England 1087–1107
- Y102.2.1 William II ‘Rufus’ and the consolidation of power and government
- Y102.2.2 William II ‘Rufus’ and the Church
- Y102.2.3 Death of William Rufus and Henry I's succession
- Y103 England 1199–1272
- Y103.1 Enquiry Topic: King John 1199–1216
- Y103.1.1 John and Normandy
- Y103.1.2 The Baronial Rebellion of 1215
- Y103.1.3 John and the Church
- Y103.2 British Period Study: England 1216–1272
- Y103.2.1 The minority and early years of the reign of Henry III 1216–1232
- Y103.2.2 Henry’s rule 1232–1258
- Y103.2.3 Political Crisis 1258–1263
- Y103.2.4 Simon de Montfort, civil war and reconstruction 1263–1272
- Y104 England 1377–1455
- Y104.1 Enquiry Topic: Richard II 1377–1399
- Y104.1.1 Richard II’s minority 1377–1380
- Y104.1.2 Personal Rule 1380–1388
- Y104.1.3 Personal Rule and overthrow 1388–1399
- Y104.2 British Period Study: England 1399–1455
- Y104.2.1 The reign of Henry IV
- Y104.2.2 The domestic rule of Henry V
- Y104.2.3 War with France 1399–1453
- Y104.2.4 Henry VI's minority and how the Wars of the Roses began
- Y105 England 1445–1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII
- Y105.1 Enquiry Topic: Wars of the Roses 1445–1461
- Y105.1.1 The Outbreak of the Wars 1445–1450
- Y105.1.2 The early actions of Richard, Duke of York
- Y105.1.3 War and the defeat of Richard, Duke of York
- Y105.2 British Period Study: England 1461–1509
- Y105.2.1 Edward IV’s first rule and the crisis of 1470–1471
- Y105.2.2 Edward IV and Richard III 1471–1485
- Y105.2.3 Henry VII’s rule in England 1485–1509
- Y105.2.4 Henry VII’s foreign policy 1485–1509
- Y106 England 1485–1558: the Early Tudors
- Y106.1 British Period Studies: England 1485–1547
- Y106.1.1 The government of Henry VII and threats to his rule
- Y106.1.2 Henry VII’s foreign policy
- Y106.1.3 Henry VIII and Wolsey
- Y106.1.4 The reign of Henry VIII after 1529
- Y106.2 Enquiry Topic: Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558
- Y106.2.1 The stability of the monarchy
- Y106.2.2 Religious changes
- Y106.2.3 Rebellion and unrest
- Y107 England 1547–1603: the Later Tudors
- Y107.1 Enquiry Topic: Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558
- Y107.1.1 The stability of the monarchy
- Y107.1.2 Religious changes
- Y107.1.3 Rebellion and unrest
- Y107.2 British Period Study: Elizabethan England
- Y107.2.1 Elizabeth and religion
- Y107.2.2 The nature of the Elizabethan Monarchy, Government and Parliament
- Y107.2.3 Elizabeth’s management of financial, economic and social affairs
- Y107.2.4 Elizabethan later years 1588–1603
- Y108 The Early Stuarts and the Origins of the Civil War 1603–1660
- Y108.1 British Period Study: The Early Stuarts 1603–1646
- Y108.1.1 James I and Parliament
- Y108.1.2 James I and religion
- Y108.1.3 Charles I 1625–1640
- Y108.1.4 Charles I and the victory of Parliament 1640–1646
- Y108.2 Enquiry Topic: The Execution of Charles I and the Interregnum 1646–1660
- Y108.2.1 The failure to achieve a settlement 1646–1649
- Y108.2.2 Commonwealth and Protectorate
- Y108.2.3 The Restoration of Charles II
- Y109 The Making of Georgian Britain 1678–c.1760
- Y109.1 Enquiry Topic: The Glorious Revolution 1678–1689
- Y109.1.1 The last years of Charles II 1678–1685
- Y109.1.2 James II 1685–1688
- Y109.1.3 The Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689
- Y109.2 British Period Study: The Making of Georgian Britain 1689–c.1760
- Y109.2.1 The Revolutionary Settlement and politics 1689–1714
- Y109.2.2 Aspects of Politics 1714–1780
- Y109.2.3 Social and economic developments c.1700–1780
- Y109.2.4 Foreign policy 1689–1763
- Y110 From Pitt to Peel 1783–1853
- Y110.1 British Period Study: British Government in the Age of Revolution 1783–1832
- Y110.1.1 Pitt the Younger
- Y110.1.2 Lord Liverpool and the Tories 1812–1830
- Y110.1.3 Foreign Policy 1783–1830
- Y110.1.4 Parliamentary reform and the Great Reform Act 1832
- Y110.2 Enquiry Topic: Peel and the Age of Reform 1832–1853
- Y110.2.1 Peel and the Conservative party 1832–1846
- Y110.2.2 Peel and social reform 1832–1846
- Y110.2.3 Peel and pressure groups
- Y111 Liberals, Conservatives and the Rise of Labour 1846–1918
- Y111.1 British Period Study: Liberals, Conservatives and the Rise of Labour 1846–1902
- Y111.1.1 Whigs to Liberals
- Y111.1.2 Gladstonian Liberalism
- Y111.1.3 Disraelian Conservatism
- Y111.1.4 Late Victorian politics: Gladstone and Salisbury until 1902
- Y111.2 Enquiry Topic: England and a New Century c.1900–1918
- Y111.2.1 Political issues c.1900–1914
- Y111.2.2 Social issues 1900–1918
- Y111.2.3 Britain at war 1914–1918
- Y112 Britain 1900–1951
- Y112.1 Enquiry Topic: England and a New Century c.1900–1918
- Y112.1.1 Political issues c.1900–1914
- Y112.1.2 Social issues 1900–1918
- Y112.1.3 Britain at war 1914–1918
- Y112.2 British Period Study: Britain c.1918–1951
- Y112.2.1 British politics 1918–1929
- Y112.2.2 British domestic politics 1929–1939
- Y112.2.3 Economic issues 1918–1939
- Y112.2.4 Domestic politics 1940–1951
- Y113 Britain 1930–1997
- Y113.1 Enquiry Topic: Churchill 1930–1951
- Y113.1.1 Churchill’s view of events 1929–1940
- Y113.1.2 Churchill as wartime Prime Minister
- Y113.1.3 Churchill and international diplomacy 1939–1951
- Y113.2 British Period Study: Britain 1951–1997
- Y113.2.1 Conservative domination 1951–1964
- Y113.2.2 Labour and Conservative governments 1964–1979
- Y113.2.3 Thatcher and the end of consensus 1979–1997
- Y113.2.4 Britain’s position in the world 1951–1997
2 Non-British period study
- Y201 The Rise of Islam c.550–750
- Y201.1 The Middle East c.550–620
- Y201.2 The establishment of Islam c.620–632
- Y201.3 Early empire and the Rightly Guided Caliphs
- Y201.4 The establishment and expansion of the Umayyad Empire
- Y202 Charlemagne 768–814
- Y202.1 War and conquest
- Y202.2 Administration and internal affairs
- Y202.3 The Carolingian Renaissance
- Y202.4 Later kingship and imperial rule
- Y203 The Crusades and the Crusader States 1095–1192
- Y203.1 The First Crusade
- Y203.2 The Crusader States in the 12th Century
- Y203.3 The Second Crusade
- Y203.4 The Third Crusade
- Y204 Genghis Khan and the Explosion from the Steppes c.1167–1405
- Y204.1 Genghis Khan and the Creation of the Mongol Empire c.1167–1264
- Y204.2 The Reign of Khubilai Khan 1264–1294
- Y204.3 The Khanates 1294–1405
- Y204.4 Mongol invasions and East–West interaction to 1405
- Y205 Exploration, Encounters and Empire 1445–1570
- Y205.1 Exploration
- Y205.2 Encounters and conquest
- Y205.3 Settlement and consequences
- Y205.4 Impact of overseas empire on Europe
- Y206 Spain 1469–1556
- Y206.1 Isabella and Ferdinand: government
- Y206.2 Isabella and Ferdinand: religion
- Y206.3 Charles I: government and religion
- Y206.4 Overseas policies and the economy
- Y207 The German Reformation and the rule of Charles V 1500–1559
- Y207.1 The German Reformation 1517–1529
- Y207.2 The spread of Lutheranism 1530–1555, the Schmalkaldic War and Peace of Augsburg
- Y207.3 Charles V’s relations with the Ottoman Empire
- Y207.4 Charles V’s wars with France
- Y208 Philip II 1556–1598
- Y208.1 Political authority
- Y208.2 Religion
- Y208.3 Foreign policy
- Y208.4 The Netherlands
- Y209 African Kingdoms c.1400–c.1800: four case studies
- Y209.1 The Songhay Empire c.1450–1591
- Y209.2 The Kingdom of Kongo c.1400–c.1709
- Y209.3 The Kingdom of Benin c.1500–c.1750
- Y209.4 The Kingdoms and Empires of Oyo and Dahomey 1608–c.1800
- Y210 Russia 1645–1741
- Y210.1 Russia 1645–1698
- Y210.2 The reforms of Peter the Great 1698–1725
- Y210.3 Foreign Relations 1645–1725
- Y210.4 Opposition and reaction 1645–1741
- Y211 The Rise and Decline of the Mughal Empire in India 1526–1739
- Y211.1 The foundation of the Mughal Empire and its rulers 1526–1556
- Y211.2 Akbar the Great 1556–1605
- Y211.3 Jahangir and Shah Jahan 1605–1658
- Y211.4 Rule and decline 1658–1739
- Y212 The American Revolution 1740–1796
- Y212.1 The development of British hegemony in America
- Y212.2 Causes of the American Revolution
- Y212.3 The American Revolution 1774–1783
- Y212.4 The early Republic 1783–1796
- Y213 The French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon 1774–1815
- Y213.1 Causes of the French Revolution and 1789
- Y213.2 The Revolution from October 1789 to the Directory 1795
- Y213.3 Napoleon Bonaparte to 1807
- Y213.4 The decline and fall of Napoleon 1807–1815
- Y214 France 1814–1870
- Y214.1 The reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X 1814–1830
- Y214.2 The reign of Louis Philippe and the 1848 Revolution
- Y214.3 Domestic policy under Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III)
- Y214.4 Foreign and imperial policy 1848–1870
- Y215 Italy and Unification 1789–1896
- Y215.1 Italy 1789–1847
- Y215.2 The Revolutions of 1848–1849 and their aftermath
- Y215.3 The Risorgimento and the establishment of a new Kingdom of Italy 1850–1861
- Y215.4 Italy 1861–1896
- Y216 The USA in the 19th Century: Westward expansion and Civil War 1803–c.1890
- Y216.1 Westward expansion; causes and impacts
- Y216.2 Native Americans
- Y216.3 The growth of sectional tension 1850–1861
- Y216.4 The Civil War
- Y217 Japan 1853–1937
- Y217.1 The impact of foreign intrusion on Tokugawa Japan 1853–1868
- Y217.2 Westernisation and nationalism in Meiji Japan 1868–1912
- Y217.3 Foreign relations and overseas expansion 1868–1920
- Y217.4 The growth of nationalism in Japan 1920–1937
- Y218 International Relations 1890–1941
- Y218.1 The causes and nature of the First World War
- Y218.2 The Paris Peace Conference, the League of Nations, and international diplomacy 1919–1935
- Y218.3 Dictators and Appeasers in Europe 1929–1941
- Y218.4 The Far East 1918–1941
- Y219 Russia 1894–1941
- Y219.1 The rule of Tsar Nicholas II
- Y219.2 The 1917 Revolutions
- Y219.3 The Civil War and Lenin
- Y219.4 The rule of Stalin
- Y220 Italy 1896–1943
- Y220.1 Italy 1896–1915
- Y220.2 Italy 1915–1925
- Y220.3 Fascist Italy 1925–1943
- Y220.4 Foreign Policy of Mussolini 1922–1943
- Y221 Democracy and Dictatorships in Germany 1919–1963
- Y221.1 The establishment and development of the Weimar Republic: 1919–Jan 1933
- Y221.2 The establishment of the Nazi Dictatorship and its domestic policies Feb 1933–1939
- Y221.3 The impact of war and defeat on Germany: 1939–1949
- Y221.4 Divided Germany: The Federal Republic and the DDR 1949–1963
- Y222 The Cold War in Asia 1945–1993
- Y222.1 Western Policies in Post War Asia 1945–1979
- Y222.2 The Korean War 1950–1953 and its impact to 1977
- Y222.3 Indochina 1945–1967
- Y222.4 Wars in Vietnam and Cambodia 1968–1993
- Y223 The Cold War in Europe 1941–1995
- Y223.1 The origins of the Cold War to 1945
- Y223.2 The development of the Cold War 1946–1955
- Y223.3 The Cold War 1956–1984
- Y223.4 The end of the Cold War 1984–1995
- Y224 Apartheid and Reconciliation: South African Politics 1948–1999
- Y224.1 Establishing Apartheid
- Y224.2 The development of Apartheid and growing resistance
- Y224.3 The collapse of Apartheid 1978–1989
- Y224.4 A New South Africa 1989–1999
3 Thematic study and historical interpretations
- Y301 The Early-Anglo Saxons c.400–800
- Y301.1 Thematic Study: The Early Anglo-Saxons c.400–800
- Y301.1.1 The development of Kingship and kingdoms in Britain and Ireland
- Y301.1.2 Religion and the Christian Church in Britain and Ireland
- Y301.1.3 Economic and social life in Britain and Ireland
- Y301.1.4 Cultural change in Britain and Ireland
- Y301.1.5 Depth studies
- Y301.1.6 Athelbald, Offa and the Mercian supremacy
- Y301.1.7 Augustine and the process of Christianisation
- Y301.1.8 Communities and kinship
- Y302 The Viking Age c.790–1066
- Y302.1 Thematic Study: The Viking Age c.790–1066
- Y302.1.1 Viking society, administration and livelihood
- Y302.1.2 Warfare and raids
- Y302.1.3 Settlements
- Y302.1.4 Culture and religion
- Y302.1.5 Depth studies
- Y302.1.6 Raids on England in the late eighth and ninth centuries
- Y302.1.7 The Danelaw
- Y302.1.8 The Vikings in Ireland
- Y303 English Government and the Church 1066–1216
- Y303.1 Thematic Study: English Government and the Church 1066–1216
- Y303.1.1 Main features of central government
- Y303.1.2 The organisation and administration of local government
- Y303.1.3 The government of the Church in England
- Y303.1.4 The role of the archbishops of Canterbury
- Y303.2 Depth studies
- Y303.2.1 The reign of Henry I
- Y303.2.2 The Civil War 1139–1154
- Y303.2.3 The reign of Richard I in England
- Y304 The Church and Medieval Heresy c.1100–1437
- Y304.1 Thematic Study: The Church and Medieval Heresy c.1100–1437
- Y304.1.1 The causes and nature of the heretical movements
- Y304.1.2 Support for heretical movements
- Y304.1.3 The impact of heretical movements upon the medieval Church
- Y304.1.4 Maintenance of church authority
- Y304.1.5 John Wycliffe and the Lollards to c.1420
- Y304.1.6 The Mendicant Orders
- Y304.1.7 Huss and the Hussites 1400–1436
- Y305 The Renaissance c.1400–c.1600
- Y305.1 Thematic Study: The Renaissance c.1400–c.1600
- Y305.1.1 Artistic and cultural development
- Y305.1.2 The role of the individual
- Y305.1.3 Religion and religious change
- Y305.1.4 The Impact of War
- Y305.1.5 The Venetian Renaissance
- Y305.1.6 Savonarola
- Y305.1.7 The French Renaissance
- Y306 Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485–1603
- Y306.1 Thematic Study: Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485–1603
- Y306.1.1 The main causes of rebellion and disorder
- Y306.1.2 The frequency and nature of disturbances
- Y306.1.3 The impact of the disturbances upon Tudor governments
- Y306.1.4 The maintenance of political stability
- Y306.2 Depth studies
- Y306.2.1 Pilgrimage of Grace
- Y306.2.2 The Western Rebellion
- Y306.2.3 Tyrone’s Rebellion
- Y307 Tudor Foreign Policy 1485–1603
- Y307.1 Thematic Study: Tudor Foreign Policy 1485–1603
- Y307.1.1 The aims and methods of Tudor foreign policy
- Y307.1.2 Scotland and France
- Y307.1.3 Burgundy, the Netherlands and Spain
- Y307.1.4 The impact of foreign relations on domestic developments in England
- Y307.1.5 Henry VIII’s foreign policy 1509–1520
- Y307.1.6 The loss of Calais
- Y307.1.7 The Armada
- Y308 The Catholic Reformation 1492–1610
- Y308.1 Thematic Study: The Catholic Reformation 1492–1610
- Y308.1.1 The nature of the Catholic Reformation
- Y308.1.2 Institutional reforms
- Y308.1.3 Role of individuals
- Y308.1.4 Impact of the Catholic Reformation
- Y308.2 Depth studies
- Y308.2.1 Council of Trent
- Y308.2.2 Philip II of Spain
- Y308.2.3 St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
- Y309 The Ascendancy of the Ottoman Empire 1453–1606
- Y309.1 Thematic Study: The Ascendancy of the Ottoman Empire 1453–1606
- Y309.1.1 Sultans and the organisation of the State
- Y309.1.2 Imperial expansion
- Y309.1.3 Consolidation, provincial administration and society in Ottoman vassal states
- Y309.1.4 The impact of Ottoman expansion on European rulers
- Y309.2 Depth studies
- Y309.2.1 The Fall of Constantinople 1453
- Y309.2.2 The Battle of Mohacs 1526
- Y309.2.3 The Battle of Lepanto 1571
- Y310 The Development of the Nation State: France 1498–1610
- Y310.1 Thematic Study: The Development of the Nation State: France 1498–1610
- Y310.1.1 The Monarchy and central government
- Y310.1.2 Law, provincial government and society
- Y310.1.3 Religion and the Church
- Y310.1.4 The impact of wars on French stability and unification
- Y310.2 Depth studies
- Y310.2.1 Francis I and ‘Renaissance Monarchy’
- Y310.2.2 The Massacre of St Bartholomew 1572
- Y310.2.3 Henry IV
- Y311 The Origins and Growth of the British Empire 1558–1783
- Y311.1 Theme: The Origins and Growth of the British Empire 1558–1783
- Y311.1.1 Drivers of imperial expansion
- Y311.1.2 The nature of colonial rule
- Y311.1.3 The impact of Empire on Britain and its emerging colonies
- Y311.1.4 The British Empire and European Relations
- Y311.2 Depth studies
- Y311.2.1 Elizabethan Privateers 1558–1603
- Y311.2.2 Britain and its American colonies 1660–1713
- Y311.2.3 Clive and the East India Company: India c.1730–1773
- Y312 Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries
- Y312.1 Thematic study: witchcraze and popular culture, 16th–17th centuries
- Y312.1.1 Popular culture
- Y312.1.2 Rise and decline of witch persecution
- Y312.1.3 The persecuted
- Y312.1.4 Responses of the authorities to witchcraft
- Y312.2 Depth studies
- Y312.2.1 The Witchcraze in Southern Germany c.1590–1630
- Y312.2.2 Hopkins and the witch hunt of 1645–1647
- Y312.2.3 The Salem witch trials
- Y313 The Ascendancy of France 1610–1715
- Y313.1 Thematic Study: The Ascendancy of France 1610–1715
- Y313.1.1 The development of absolute monarchy and the role of ministers
- Y313.1.2 Religious developments
- Y313.1.3 Social developments and opposition
- Y313.1.4 France as an international power
- Y313.2 Depth studies
- Y313.2.1 Richelieu’s relations with the French court and nobility
- Y313.2.2 The Fronde 1648–1653
- Y313.2.3 Versailles and image-making
- Y314 The Challenge of German Nationalism 1789–1919
- Y314.1 Thematic Study: The Challenge of German Nationalism 1789–1919
- Y314.1.1 Social and intellectual forces
- Y314.1.2 Economic forces
- Y314.1.3 Political and military forces
- Y314.1.4 The extent of Unification
- Y314.2 Depth studies
- Y314.2.1 1848/1849 Revolutions
- Y314.2.2 Nationalism and Unification 1867–1871
- Y314.2.3 Wilhelmine Germany and the growth of Nationalism 1884–1914
- Y315 The Changing Nature of Warfare 1792–1945
- Y315.1 Thematic Study: The Changing Nature of Warfare 1792–1945
- Y315.1.1 The impact of factors directly related to the conduct of war
- Y315.1.2 The impact of technological change
- Y315.1.3 Planning and preparation
- Y315.1.4 The relationship between relevant domestic factors and warfare
- Y315.2 Depth studies
- Y315.2.1 The French Revolutionary Wars 1792–1802
- Y315.2.2 The American Civil War 1861–1865
- Y315.2.3 The Western Front and the First World War 1914–1918
- Y316 Britain and Ireland 1791–1921
- Y316.1 Thematic Study: Britain and Ireland 1791–1921
- Y316.1.1 Opposition to the Union
- Y316.1.2 Support for the Union
- Y316.1.3 The Union and reform
- Y316.1.4 The Irish economy and the link to Irish Nationalism
- Y316.2 Depth studies
- Y316.2.1 Irish Rebellions and British Responses 1791–1803
- Y316.2.2 O’Connell and British Governments 1823–1841
- Y316.2.3 The Crisis over Home Rule 1908–1914
- Y317 China and its Rulers 1839–1989
- Y317.1 Thematic Study: China and its Rulers 1839–1989
- Y317.1.1 The government and rulers of China 1839–1989
- Y317.1.2 The economy of China 1839–1989
- Y317.1.3 Society in China 1839–1989
- Y317.1.4 China and the wider world
- Y317.2 Depth studies
- Y317.2.1 The First Opium War and its impact
- Y317.2.2 The Boxer Uprising
- Y317.2.3 The Cultural Revolution
- Y318 Russia and its Rulers 1855–1964
- Y318.1 Thematic Study: Russia and its Rulers 1855–1964
- Y318.1.1 The nature of government
- Y318.1.2 Dictatorship and Russian economy and society
- Y318.1.3 War, revolution and Russian development
- Y318.1.4 The impact of Russia and the USSR on nationalities and satellite states
- Y318.2 Depth studies
- Y318.2.1 Alexander II’s domestic reforms
- Y318.2.2 The Provisional Government
- Y318.2.3 Khrushchev in power 1956–1964
- Y319 Civil Rights in the USA 1865–1992
- Y319.1 Thematic Study: Civil Rights in the USA 1865–1992
- Y319.1.1 African Americans
- Y319.1.2 Trade Union and Labour Rights
- Y319.1.3 Native American Indians
- Y319.1.4 Women
- Y319.2 Depth studies
- Y319.2.1 Civil rights in the ‘Gilded Age’ c.1875–c.1895
- Y319.2.2 The New Deal and civil rights
- Y319.2.3 Malcolm X and Black Power
- Y320 From Colonialism to Independence: The British Empire 1857–1965
- Y320.1 Thematic Study: From Colonialism to Independence: The British Empire 1857–1965
- Y320.1.1 The governance and administration of the Empire
- Y320.1.2 Opposition to British Rule
- Y320.1.3 The impact of imperial power on the periphery and Britain
- Y320.1.4 The British Empire and its impact on international relations
- Y320.2 Depth studies
- Y320.2.1 British India: The War of 1857 and its consequences to 1876
- Y320.2.2 Palestine 1914–1948
- Y320.2.3 Nationalism in Kenya 1945–1965
- Y321 The Middle East 1908–2011: Ottomans to Arab Spring
- Y321.1 Thematic Study: The Middle East 1908–2011: Ottomans to Arab Spring
- Y321.1.1 The Role of the Great Powers in the Middle East
- Y321.1.2 Zionism, Israel and the Palestinian issue
- Y321.1.3 Statehood and Pan Arabism in the Middle East
- Y321.1.4 Religion, ethnicity and political Minorities
- Y321.2 Depth studies
- Y321.2.1 British Policy and the Middle East 1908–1948
- Y321.2.2 Arab-Israeli Conflict 1948–1956
- Y321.2.3 Nasserism 1952–1970