Subject
World History
World History teaching and study resources, organised by level and topic.
Subject overview
The World History hub gathers the topics, study guides and practice material for this subject in one place. Content is added topic by topic rather than published as empty pages.
Choose your board and qualification
World History is taught by Marlbridge today, for each qualification below — these are distinct qualifications with different syllabuses and assessments. Pick the one your school enters you for.
- Cambridge A Level World History Syllabus 9489
- Cambridge IGCSE World History Syllabus 0470
- Cambridge O Level World History Syllabus 2147
- Pearson Edexcel IGCSE World History Syllabus 4HI1
- AQA GCSE World History Syllabus 8145
- OxfordAQA IGCSE World History Syllabus 9245
- International Baccalaureate IB Diploma Programme World History Syllabus DP History
Study resources
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Study Guides
A Level World History: Modern Europe, 1750-1921 (Cambridge 9489)
France 1774-1814, the Industrial Revolution in Britain, Liberalism and Nationalism in Germany, and the Russian Revolution -- the full content of the European Option for Cambridge AS & A Level History 9489.
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Revision Notes
A Level History: Modern Europe 1750-1921 — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on the French Revolution, Napoleon, industrialisation, unification and the First World War for Cambridge AS & A Level History 9489.
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Revision Notes
Edexcel IGCSE History: Depth Studies — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on source evaluation, causation, and the depth-study topics for Edexcel International GCSE History 4HI1.
World History · Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE
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Revision Notes
Edexcel IGCSE History: Paper 2 Investigation and Breadth Studies — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on source-based enquiry skills and tracing change across a Breadth Study for Pearson Edexcel International GCSE History Paper 2 (4HI1).
World History · Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE
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Subject Guides
AQA GCSE History: Course Structure and Study Approach
How AQA GCSE History (8145) is structured — its two components, the historic environment study, and how to approach revision.
World History · AQA · GCSE
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Revision Notes
Historic Environment Study: Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on how to approach the Historic Environment study within AQA GCSE History (8145).
World History · AQA · GCSE
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Revision Notes
How DP History Is Assessed: Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on the assessment structure at SL and HL -- papers, weightings and the four historical concepts -- for IB Diploma Programme History (first examined 2028).
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Study Guides
Edexcel IGCSE History: Paper 1 Depth Studies (4HI1)
The eight Depth Study options -- from the French Revolution to the end of Apartheid -- for Paper 1 of Pearson Edexcel International GCSE History (4HI1), of which candidates study at least two.
World History · Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE
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Study Guides
OxfordAQA IGCSE World History: International Relations Depth Studies (9245)
The paper structure of Paper 1 for OxfordAQA International GCSE History (9245), a new qualification for teaching from September 2026.
World History · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Revision Notes
IGCSE History: International Relations Depth Studies — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on the peace treaties, the League of Nations, the origins of the Second World War and the Cold War for International GCSE History.
World History · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Study Guides
IGCSE World History: The Nineteenth Century, 1848-1914 (Cambridge 0470)
Cambridge IGCSE World History 0470 (2024-2026 series), Core Content Option A: the Revolutions of 1848, Italian and German unification, the US Civil War, overseas empires and the causes of the First World War.
World History · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Revision Notes
IGCSE History: The Nineteenth Century 1848-1914 — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on unification, alliances, imperialism and the causes of the First World War for Cambridge IGCSE History 0470.
World History · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Study Guides
O Level World History: The Nineteenth Century, 1848-1914 (Cambridge 2147)
Cambridge O Level World History 2147 (2024-2026 series), Core Content Option A: the Revolutions of 1848, Italian and German unification, the US Civil War, overseas empires and the causes of the First World War. Identical Core content options to Cambridge IGCSE World History 0470.
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Revision Notes
O Level History: The Nineteenth Century 1848-1914 — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on the 1848 revolutions, unification, alliances, imperialism and the causes of the First World War for Cambridge O Level History 2147.
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Study Guides
A Level World History: The History of the USA, 1820-1941 (Cambridge 9489)
The origins of the Civil War, Civil War and Reconstruction, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and the Great Depression and New Deal -- the full content of the American Option for Cambridge AS & A Level History 9489.
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Revision Notes
A Level World History: The History of the USA, 1820-1941 — Revision Notes (Cambridge 9489)
Condensed revision notes on the origins of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and the Great Depression and New Deal for Cambridge AS & A Level History's American Option (9489).
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Study Guides
AQA GCSE History: Paper 2 Shaping the Nation — Thematic Study and Depth Study Options
The named thematic study and British depth study options within Paper 2 (Shaping the Nation) of AQA GCSE History (8145), and how to approach each once your school's choices are confirmed.
World History · AQA · GCSE
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Study Guides
AQA GCSE History: Paper 1 Understanding the Modern World — Period and Depth Study Options
The named period study and wider world depth study options within Paper 1 (Understanding the Modern World) of AQA GCSE History (8145), and how to approach each once your school's choices are confirmed.
World History · AQA · GCSE
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Study Guides
IB DP History: The Four Historical Concepts
Cause and consequence, continuity and change, perspectives, and significance -- the four historical concepts that structure every DP History paper regardless of which focused study, thematic study or regional study a class covers, first assessment 2028.
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Study Guides
IB Diploma Programme History: Syllabus Guide
The focused study, thematic study, and HL-only regional study options of IB Diploma Programme History, with recommended teaching hours for SL and HL, for first assessment 2028.
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Study Guides
Edexcel IGCSE History: Paper 2 Investigation and Breadth Studies (4HI1)
The five Historical Investigation options and eight Breadth Study options -- one of each studied -- for Paper 2 of Pearson Edexcel International GCSE History (4HI1).
World History · Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE
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Study Guides
OxfordAQA IGCSE World History: Studies in Change (9245)
Societies in change (Germany, Russia and the USSR, or the USA) and thematic studies in technology or medicine -- the full paper structure of Paper 2 for OxfordAQA International GCSE History (9245), a new qualification for teaching from September 2026.
World History · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Revision Notes
OxfordAQA IGCSE World History: Studies in Change — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on tracing change across a society-in-change option and a thematic study for OxfordAQA International GCSE History Paper 2 (9245).
World History · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Study Guides
IGCSE World History: The Twentieth Century, 1919-1989 (Cambridge 0470)
Cambridge IGCSE World History 0470 (2024-2026 series), Core Content Option B: the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Hitler's foreign policy, the origins of the Cold War, US containment of communism, and Soviet control of Eastern Europe.
World History · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Revision Notes
IGCSE World History: The Twentieth Century 1919-1989 — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on Versailles, the League of Nations, Hitler's foreign policy, the origins of the Cold War, containment and Soviet control of Eastern Europe for Cambridge IGCSE History 0470.
World History · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Study Guides
O Level World History: Depth Studies (Cambridge 2147)
The five Depth Studies -- the First World War, Germany 1918-45, Russia 1905-41, the United States 1919-41, and the Second World War -- for Cambridge O Level World History 2147, 2024-2026 series.
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Study Guides
O Level World History: The Twentieth Century, 1919-1989 (Cambridge 2147)
Cambridge O Level World History 2147 (2024-2026 series), Core Content Option B: the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Hitler's foreign policy, and the origins and course of the Cold War. Identical Core content options to Cambridge IGCSE World History 0470.
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Revision Notes
O Level World History: The Twentieth Century, 1919-1989 — Revision Notes (Cambridge 2147)
Condensed revision notes on the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Hitler's foreign policy, and the origins and end of the Cold War for Cambridge O Level World History Option B (2147).
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Study Guides
A Level World History: International History, 1870-1945 (Cambridge 9489)
Empire and the emergence of world powers, the League of Nations in the 1920s and 1930s, and China and Japan 1912-45 -- the full content of the International Option for Cambridge AS & A Level History 9489.
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Revision Notes
AQA GCSE History: Shaping the Nation — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on Paper 2's thematic study and British depth study options, and how to approach each, for AQA GCSE History (8145).
World History · AQA · GCSE
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Revision Notes
Understanding the Modern World (8145): Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on Paper 1's period study and wider world depth study options, and the causation/change skills both test, for AQA GCSE History (8145).
World History · AQA · GCSE
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Revision Notes
IB DP History: The Four Historical Concepts -- Revision Notes
Condensed revision notes on the four historical concepts that structure every DP History paper -- cause and consequence, continuity and change, perspectives, significance -- applicable regardless of which focused study, thematic study or regional study your class covered.
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Revision Notes
IB DP History: The Historical Investigation (Internal Assessment) -- Revision Notes
Condensed revision notes on the compulsory Historical Investigation internal assessment of IB Diploma Programme History -- source selection, evaluation and synthesis -- applicable regardless of which focused, thematic or regional study a student's class covers.
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Revision Notes
O Level World History: Depth Studies — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on the five Depth Studies and source-evaluation technique for Cambridge O Level World History (2147).
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Revision Notes
A Level World History: International History, 1870-1945 — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on the four topics of the International Option for Cambridge AS & A Level History (9489).
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Study Guides
IB DP History: The Historical Investigation (Internal Assessment)
Source selection, evaluation and synthesis for the compulsory Historical Investigation internal assessment of IB Diploma Programme History -- applicable regardless of which focused, thematic or regional study a student's class covers, first assessment 2028.
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Study Guides
AQA GCSE History: The Historic Environment Study
How the Historic Environment element works within AQA GCSE History (8145) Paper 2 -- connecting a specified site's physical features to your chosen British depth study using significance, reflection and second-order concepts.
World History · AQA · GCSE
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Subject Guides
IB Diploma Programme History: Subject Overview
An overview of IB Diploma Programme History -- a comparative, multi-perspective world history course built around six key concepts.
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
Practice resources
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Practice Questions
A Level History: Modern Europe 1750-1921 — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on the French Revolution, Napoleon, industrialisation and the Russian revolutions.
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Practice Questions
Edexcel IGCSE History: Depth Studies — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on source analysis, Weimar Germany, Nazi rule and the USA in the 1920s.
World History · Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE
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Practice Questions
Historic Environment Study: Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on approaching the Historic Environment study for AQA GCSE History 8145.
World History · AQA · GCSE
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Practice Questions
IGCSE History: International Relations Depth Studies — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations and the origins of the Cold War.
World History · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Practice Questions
O Level History: The Nineteenth Century — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on the Congress of Vienna, unification movements, the Eastern Question and imperialism.
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Practice Questions
The Nineteenth Century, 1848–1914: Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on the 1848 revolutions, unification of Germany and Italy, and the road to war.
World History · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Practice Questions
A Level World History: The History of the USA, 1820-1941 — Practice Questions (Cambridge 9489)
Original practice questions with full worked answers on the origins of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and the Great Depression and New Deal, for Cambridge AS & A Level History's American Option (9489).
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Practice Questions
O Level World History: The Twentieth Century — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Hitler's foreign policy, and the origins of the Cold War.
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Practice Questions
The Twentieth Century, 1919–1989: Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Hitler's foreign policy and the origins of the Cold War.
World History · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Practice Questions
Edexcel IGCSE History: Paper 2 Investigation and Breadth Studies — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on source evaluation for the Historical Investigation and change/continuity analysis for the Breadth Study, for Pearson Edexcel International GCSE History (4HI1).
World History · Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE
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Practice Questions
IB DP History: The Four Historical Concepts -- Practice Questions
Original practice questions with full worked answers applying cause and consequence, continuity and change, perspectives, and significance to historical scenarios, for IB Diploma Programme History's four transferable concepts.
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
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Practice Questions
OxfordAQA IGCSE World History: Studies in Change — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers testing the transferable causation and 'how far' judgement skills Paper 2 assesses, applicable to any Section A society-in-change option and Section B thematic study.
World History · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Practice Questions
AQA GCSE History: Shaping the Nation — Practice Questions
Original exam-technique practice questions with full worked answers on Paper 2's structure, options and revision approach, for AQA GCSE History (8145).
World History · AQA · GCSE
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Practice Questions
Understanding the Modern World (8145): Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on the causation, change-and-continuity, source-evaluation and interpretation skills tested across Paper 1's period study and wider world depth study options, for AQA GCSE History (8145).
World History · AQA · GCSE
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Practice Questions
O Level World History: Depth Studies — Practice Questions
Original exam-technique practice questions with full worked answers on the five Depth Studies and source-evaluation skill for Cambridge O Level World History (2147).
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Practice Questions
A Level World History: International History, 1870-1945 — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on the four topics of the International Option for Cambridge AS & A Level History (9489).
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Practice Questions
IB DP History: The Historical Investigation (Internal Assessment) -- Practice Questions
Original practice questions with full worked answers on refining inquiry questions, evaluating sources, and structuring the written response, for the Historical Investigation internal assessment of IB Diploma Programme History.
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
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What does the World History hub cover?
Cambridge O Level, IGCSE and A Level World History, Pearson Edexcel IGCSE World History, and AQA GCSE World History (specification 8145), organised by topic. More levels and specifications are added as material is written.
Are Marlbridge's World History study guides free to use?
Yes. Study material on Marlbridge is free to read for anyone preparing for an exam, and free for schools and teachers to use with their classes — no licence, account or attribution required.
Which exam boards does this follow?
Cambridge Assessment International Education, Pearson Edexcel, AQA and OxfordAQA.
Does Marlbridge teach World History?
Yes, at IGCSE, O Level, GCSE and A Level. Marlbridge teaches Cambridge O Level, IGCSE and A Level World History, Pearson Edexcel IGCSE World History, AQA GCSE World History, and OxfordAQA International GCSE History (9245) — newly launched by OxfordAQA for 2026.
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