OCR Ancient History GCSE Component 1: Greece and Persia

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 hel