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June 2025
11 - The people’s health, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065–1087
12 - The people’s health, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580–1603
13 - The people's health, c.1250 to present with Britain in peace and war, 1900-1918
14 - Crime and punishment, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065–1087
15 - Crime and punishment, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580–1603
16 - Crime and punishment, c.1250 to present with Britain in peace and war, 1900-1918
17 - Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065–1087
18 - Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580–1603
21 - History around us
33 - Viking expansion, c.750–c.1050 with living under Nazi rule, 1933–1945
34 - The Mughal Empire, 1526–1707 with The First Crusade, c.1070–1100
36 - The Mughal Empire, 1526–1707 with living under Nazi rule, 1933–1945
38 - The making of America, 1789–1900 with Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest, 1519–1535
39 - The making of America, 1789–1900 with living under Nazi rule, 1933–1945
June 2024
11 - The people’s health, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065–1087
12 - The people’s health, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580–1603
13 - The people's health, c.1250 to present with Britain in peace and war, 1900-1918
14 - Crime and punishment, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065–1087
15 - Crime and punishment, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580–1603
16 - Crime and punishment, c.1250 to present with Britain in peace and war, 1900-1918
17 - Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065–1087
18 - Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580–1603
21 - History around us
33 - Viking expansion, c.750–c.1050 with living under Nazi rule, 1933–1945
34 - The Mughal Empire, 1526–1707 with The First Crusade, c.1070–1100
36 - The Mughal Empire, 1526–1707 with living under Nazi rule, 1933–1945
38 - The making of America, 1789–1900 with Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest, 1519–1535
39 - The making of America, 1789–1900 with living under Nazi rule, 1933–1945
June 2023
11 - The people’s health, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065–1087
12 - The people’s health, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580–1603
13 - The people's health, c.1250 to present with Britain in peace and war, 1900-1918
14 - Crime and punishment, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065–1087
15 - Crime and punishment, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580–1603
16 - Crime and punishment, c.1250 to present with Britain in peace and war, 1900-1918
17 - Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065–1087
18 - Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580–1603
19 - Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present with Britain in peace and war, 1900-1918
21 - History around us
31 - Viking expansion, c.750–c.1050 with The First Crusade, c.1070–1100
32 - Viking expansion, c.750–c.1050 with Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest, 1519–1535
33 - Viking expansion, c.750–c.1050 with living under Nazi rule, 1933–1945
36 - The Mughal Empire, 1526–1707 with living under Nazi rule, 1933–1945
37 - The making of America, 1789–1900 with The First Crusade, c.1070–1100
38 - The making of America, 1789–1900 with Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest, 1519–1535
39 - The making of America, 1789–1900 with living under Nazi rule, 1933–1945
June 2022
41 - The Norman Conquest, 1065–1087
42 - The Elizabethans, 1580–1603
43 - Britain in peace and war 1900-1918
51 - The people’s health, c.1250 to present
52 - Crime and punishment, c.1250 to present
53 - Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present
61 - History around us
71 - Viking expansion, c.750–c.1050
72 - The Mughal Empire, 1526–1707
73 - The making of America, 1789–1900
81 - The First Crusade, c.1070-1100
82 - Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest 1519–1535
83 - Living under Nazi rule, 1933–1945
November 2021
Paper 1A
Paper 1B
Paper 1C
Paper 2A
Paper 2B
Paper 2C
Paper 3
Paper 4A
Paper 4B
Paper 4C
Paper 5A
Paper 5B
Paper 5C
November 2020
Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
Paper 4
Paper 5
Paper 6
June 2019
Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
Paper 4
Paper 5
Paper 6
Paper 7
Paper 8
Paper 9
Paper 10
Paper 11
Paper 12
Paper 13
Paper 14
Paper 15
Paper 16
Paper 17
June 2018
Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
Paper 4
Paper 5
Paper 6
Paper 7
Paper 8
Paper 9
Paper 10
Paper 11
Paper 12
Paper 13
Paper 14
Paper 15