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Ancient Greece: People and Places
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped Ancient Greece, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasyBritish History
British History Through the Centuries
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped British History, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasyChinese History
Chinese History: Dynasties and Revolution
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped Chinese History, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasyCold War
Cold War: The Essentials
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped Cold War, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasyFalklands War
Falklands War: The Essentials
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped Falklands War, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasyFirst World War
First World War: The Essentials
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped First World War, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasyIndustrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution: The Essentials
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped Industrial Revolution, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasyRoyal History
Kings and Queens: The Essentials
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped Royal History, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasyNapoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars: The Essentials
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped Napoleonic Wars, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasyNazi Germany
Nazi Germany: The Essentials
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped Nazi Germany, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasyRoman History
Rome: Republic, Empire and Legacy
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped Roman History, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasySecond World War
Second World War: The Essentials
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped Second World War, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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EasyVictorian Britain
Victorian Britain: The Essentials
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped Victorian Britain, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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MediumModern History
20th-Century Turning Points
Ten moments that transformed politics, technology and society after 1900.
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MediumAmerican Civil War
American Civil War: Knowledge Challenge
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped American Civil War, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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MediumAmerican History
American History: Knowledge Challenge
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped American History, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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MediumAmerican Revolution
American Revolution: Knowledge Challenge
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped American Revolution, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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MediumAncient Greece
Ancient Greece: City-States and Culture
Explore Ancient Greece through its city-states, wars, politics, religion and ideas, with explanations connecting facts to the wider Greek world.
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MediumAncient Greece
Ancient Greece: Society, War and Ideas
Test your knowledge of ten distinct events and developments from Ancient Greece, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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MediumFirst World War
Britain's First World War Home Front
Explore how recruitment, industry, rationing, labour and political change transformed Britain's home front during the First World War.
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MediumBritish Empire
British Empire: Knowledge Challenge
Answer ten clear questions about the people, events and ideas that shaped British Empire, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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MediumBritish History
British History: General Knowledge
Travel through the histories of England, Scotland and Wales, from Roman Britain and medieval kingdoms to political union, industrialisation, empire and the modern United Kingdom.
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MediumBritish History
British History: Power, Evidence and Change
Test your knowledge of ten distinct events and developments from British History, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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MediumChinese History
Chinese History: State, Society and Change
Test your knowledge of ten distinct events and developments from Chinese History, with a historical explanation after every answer.
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