This textbook covers the whole of Component 1, both the compulsory Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Period Study: The Persian Empire, 559–465 BC; Depth Study: From Tyranny to Democracy, 546–483 BC; Depth Study: Athens in the Age of Pericles, 462–429 BC and Depth Study: Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC.

This textbook covers the whole of Component 2, both the compulsory longer Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Longer Period Study: The Foundations of Rome: From Kingship to Republic, 753–440 BC; Depth Study: Hannibal and the Second Punic War, 218–201 BC; Depth Study: Cleopatra: Rome And Egypt, 69–30 BC and Depth Study: Britannia: From Conquest to Province, AD 43–c. 84.