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2. The Chinese tribute system and western trade missions
The 'tributary system' operated by the Qing dynasty assumed that China was culturally and materially superior to all other nations. Thus any nations which wished to trade with China had to come as vassals...
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Case study: The Thirty Years' War Free
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest armed conflicts in the Early modern period and one of the most devastating - though it can also be viewed as a series of wars fought by many different nations...
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5. The Thirty Years' War: Extra resources
Here you can find useful websites for this unit along with historians' texts that students might find enjoyable to develop their understanding further. These books are useful for extra reading and...
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3. The Thirty Years' War: Effects
The negotiations which concluded with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 marked the first time in European history that countries came together (at a congress) to resolve a number of different disputes...
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9 November: Fall of the Berlin Wall Free
9 November is the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall - one of the iconic events of the late 20th Century through its dramatic nature and its symbolism, signifying the collapse of communist...
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2. The Thirty Years' War: Practices
The Thirty Years' War saw Europe experiencing 'total war' for the first time; armies grew rapidly and had to be financed in new ways while populations suffered from the ravages of war on a much larger...
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October: site update, an anniversary and fake news Free
We are pleased to announce that two new units have been started on the site. For Paper 3, Asia and Oceania region, we are now adding Topic 07; Challenges to traditional East Asian societies (1700 - 1868)...
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1. The Thirty Years' War: Causes
The Thirty Years’ War was the most destructive war in European history. It killed 5 million people, or 20% of the population of the German states. For comparison, the Soviet Union lost 12% of its population...
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The art of disinformation (October 2019)
This page follows on from our page this summer on The Moon Landings and conspiracy theories; now we are digging a bit deeper in terms of the reasons for, and the tactics used to create fake news/disinformation/conspiracy...
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1 October: 70th Anniversary of Chinese Revolution Free
1 October is the 70th Anniversary of the Chinese Revolution As we discussed in September's blog, this is a great opportunity for a discussion of the signficance of the Revolution - both with history and...