This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for AS and A-Level 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: Relations between Greek states and between Greek and non-Greek states, 492-404 BC by Steve Matthews and James RenshawDepth Study: The Politics and Society of Sparta, 478-404 BC by Charlie CottamDepth Study: The Politics and Culture of Athensc. 460-399 BC by David L. S. Hodgkinson and James RenshawDepth Study: The Rise of Macedon,359-323 BC by Lucy NicholasHow and why did a small group of city states defy the might of the Persian Empire? Why did the same city states subsequently descend into 60 years of conflict among themselves? Were Sparta and Athens very different? How did Alexander later redefine the Greek world?These are the sort of questions that you are required to consider for A-Leve
