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U1: Paper 1: Military leaders

Genghis Khan (c1200–1227)

Richard I of England (1173–1199)

Paper 1 source skills

U2: Paper 1: Conquest and its impact

Muslim rule in Spain and the fall of Granada (1492)

Conquest of Mexico and Peru (1519–1551)

Paper 1 source skills (Conquest)

U3: Paper 1: The move to global war

Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931–1941)

German and Italian expansion (1933–1940)

Paper 1 source skills (Move to global war)

U4: Paper 1: Rights and protest

US civil rights movement (1954–1965)

Apartheid South Africa (1948–1964)

Paper 1 source skills (Rights and protest)

U5: Paper 1: Conflict and intervention

Rwanda (1990–1998)

Kosovo (1989–2002)

Paper 1 source skills (Conflict and intervention)

U6: Paper 2: Society and economy (750–1400)

Social structures and governance

The medieval economy

Crisis and change (c1300–1400)

U7: Paper 2: Causes and effects of medieval wars (750–1500)

Causes of medieval wars

The nature and practice of medieval warfare

Effects of medieval wars

U8: U8

A framework for dynasties and rulers

Case study 1 — the Abbasid Caliphate (Middle East)

Case study 2 — Mansa Musa and the Mali Empire (Africa)

U9: U9

A framework for societies in transition

Case study 1 — Renaissance and Reformation Europe (Europe)

Case study 2 — Tokugawa Japan (Asia and Oceania)

U10: U10

A framework for Early Modern states

Case study 1 — France under Louis XIV (Europe)

Case study 2 — the Ottoman Empire under Suleiman the Magnificent (Middle East)

U11: U11

Causes of Early Modern wars

The nature and practice of Early Modern warfare

Effects of Early Modern wars

U12: Paper 2: Origins, development and impact of industrialization (1750–2005)

Origins and causes of industrialization

Development of industrialization

Impact of industrialization

U13: Paper 2: Independence movements (1800–2000)

Origins and rise of independence movements

Methods and the achievement of independence

Challenges after independence

U14: Paper 2: Emergence and development of democratic states (1848–2000)

Emergence of democratic states

Development of democratic states

The struggle for rights and equality

U15: Paper 2: Authoritarian states (20th century)

Emergence of authoritarian states

Consolidation and maintenance of power

Aims and results of policies

Case studies (authoritarian leaders)

U16: Paper 2: Causes and effects of 20th-century wars

Practices of war and their impact on outcome

U17: Paper 2: The Cold War — Superpower tensions and rivalries (20th century)

Rivalry, mistrust and accord

Leaders and nations

Cold War crises

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