TCE Ancient History past exams 2021–2025, by year and topic

The rest of the syllabus

Question-level mapping for these areas is still being verified. Every official paper covering them is in the year table above.

• Section A — Investigating the Ancient World — Historical methodology: primary and secondary sources, origin, purpose, context, reliability, contestability, omission and gaps · A1 Egypt: The Battle of Kadesh (1274 BC) · A2 Greece: The destruction of Troy (c. 1180 BC) · A3 Greece: Delphi (c. 800–300 BC) · A4 Rome: Masada (AD 73–74) · A5 Rome: The Roman Games (c. 1st century AD) · A6 China: Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties (c. 2100–256 BC) · A7 Assyria: Ziggurats of Mesopotamia (Ziggurat of Ur, c. 2100 BC)
• Section B — Structure of an Ancient Society — Core elements: political, social, economic and cultural structures and practices · Feature 1: Arts, Architecture and Drama (Thebes; Athenian Agora, Acropolis and Kerameikos; Pompeii and Herculaneum; Xianyang and the Qin mausoleum; Nimrud) · Feature 2: Weapons and Warfare · Feature 3: Technology and Engineering · Feature 4: Women and Family · Feature 5: Beliefs, Rituals and Funerary Practices
• Section C — The Nature of Power and Authority in an Ancient Society — Egypt: Mentuhotep II, Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Horemheb, Ramesses II · Greece: Solon, Cleomenes I, Peisistratus, Themistocles, Thucydides · Rome: Cicero, Sulla, Julius Caesar, Livia, Augustus · China: Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao · Assyria: Tiglath-Pileser, Sargon II, Ashurbanipal