Political history
States, rulers, governments, revolutions and political change in historical study.
Areas within Political history
Historical methods
Primary sources, evidence, chronology, interpretation, corroboration and historical enquiry.
65 wordsChronology and periods
Vocabulary for dates, eras, periods, centuries, sequences and historical time.
28 wordsPolitical history
States, rulers, governments, revolutions and political change in historical study.
36 wordsSocial history
Everyday life, social groups, communities, class and social change in the past.
68 wordsEconomic history
Trade, labour, industry, production, wealth and economic development over time.
30 wordsMilitary history
War, armies, campaigns, strategy, battles and conflict in historical study.
49 wordsArchaeology and material culture
Artefacts, excavation, sites, remains and material evidence of past societies.
109 wordsHistoriography
Historical interpretations, schools of thought and the writing of history.
21 wordsSources and evidence
Documents, archives, testimony, material evidence and source evaluation.
57 words38 featured terms
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of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
Colonialismnounexploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
Commonwealthnouna political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Democracynouna political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Department of Statenounthe federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
DOSnounthe federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
Dynastynouna sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
Empirenounan eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple
Governmentnounthe study of government of states and other political units
Kingdomnouna domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the s…
Landnouna domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the s…
Monarchynounan autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
Political sciencenounthe study of government of states and other political units
Politicsnounthe study of government of states and other political units
Realmnouna domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the s…
Republicnouna political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Revolutionnouna drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
Rulenounmeasuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring len…
Rulernounmeasuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring len…
Statenounthe federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
State Departmentnounthe federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
United States Department of Statenounthe federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
Bourbonnouna European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily
Empirenouna monarchy with an emperor as head of state
Geopoliticsnounthe study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state
Hannounimperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered…
Kingdomnouna monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
Manchunounthe last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the M…
Merovingiannouna Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750
Ottomannounthe Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I
Practical politicsnounpolitics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations
Realpolitiknounpolitics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations
Songnounthe imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
Sungnounthe imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
Tangnounthe imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
Tudornounan English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603)
Windsornounthe British royal family since 1917
Yardsticknouna ruler or tape that is three feet long