Ancient History syllabus, dot point by dot point

How did the Neo-Assyrian kings build and govern the largest empire the Near East had yet seen?

How did Assyrian warfare and royal art sustain the empire, and why did Nineveh fall so suddenly in 612 BCE?

How did the Han dynasty govern its empire and organise society after replacing the Qin?

How did the state of Qin unify China and create the first centralised empire under Qin Shi Huang?

How do historians reconstruct the social and economic structures of an ancient society from fragmentary evidence?

How did geography shape an ancient society, and how do historians trace continuity and change over its history?

How did New Kingdom Egypt build an empire, and why was the Amarna period such a sharp break with tradition?

How did Ramesside pharaohs project power, and why did the New Kingdom empire decline after Ramesses II?

How did the Greek city-states defeat the Persian Empire, and why did the wars matter so much for Greek identity?

How did Athenian democracy work in the age of Pericles, and how democratic was it really?

How do historians analyse ancient sources to judge their reliability and usefulness for an inquiry?

How do historians plan an inquiry and build an evidence-based argument to answer a historical question?

Why do historians disagree about the ancient past, and how should students use competing interpretations?

How can a dramatic text such as Sophocles' Antigone illuminate the nature of power and authority in an ancient society?

How did ancient rulers use religion and ideology to make their power seem legitimate?

How did ancient rulers use propaganda, monuments and force to maintain control over their subjects?

Why did the Roman Republic collapse into civil war and one-man rule in the first century BCE?

How did Augustus turn victory in civil war into a stable monarchy while pretending to restore the Republic?