Sam Baddeley – författare

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for GCSE Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 1, both the compulsory Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies:Period Study: The Persian Empire, 559–465 BC by James RenshawDepth Study: From Tyranny to Democracy, 546–483 BC by Sam BaddeleyDepth Study: Athens in the Age of Pericles, 462–429 BC by Paul Fowler and James Renshaw Depth Study: Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC by Lucy NicholasWas propaganda Persia’s greatest weapon? How did Athens create democracy? Does Pericles’ Athens deserve to be remembered as civilised or barbaric? How did Alexander dominate the ancient world by the age of 32?This book raises these and other key questions. GCSE students and their teachers will explore key political and social developments of the Greek and Persian worlds through the eyes of ancient historians and archaeology. This book invites us to look at ancient societies in a new light and helps explain the development of the modern world.The ideal preparation for the final examinations, all content is presented by experts and experienced teachers in a clear and accessible narrative. Ancient literary and visual sources are described and analysed, with supporting images. Helpful student features include study questions, further reading, and boxes focusing in on key people, events and terms. Practice questions and exam guidance prepare students for assessment.A Companion Website is available at www.bloomsbury.com/anc-hist-gcse.

PLEASE NOTE that due to the previous text options being set for an extra exam year (summer 2021 for AS; summer 2022 for A Level) the dates given in the title, on the cover and inside this book are incorrect. An errata slip has been included.-----The only exam-board approved book for OCR's Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for 2022–24 giving full Greek text, commentary and vocabulary and a detailed introduction for each text that also covers the prescription to be read in English for A Level. The texts covered are:AS and A Level Groups 1&3Thucydides, Histories, Book 6, 19 to 6.32Plato, Symposium, 189c2 to 194e2Homer, Odyssey 1, lines 213–444Sophocles, Ajax, lines 1–133, 284–347, 748–783A Level Groups 2&4Thucydides, Histories, Book 6, 47 to 50.1 and 53 to 61Plato, Symposium, 201d to end of 206bPlutarch, Alcibiades, X.1.1 to XVI.5Homer, Odyssey 6, lines 85–331Sophocles, Ajax, lines 430–582, 646–692, 815–865Aristophanes, Clouds, lines 1–242Resources are available on the Companion Website.