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Date May 2018 Marks available 15 Reference code 18M.2.BP.TZ1.6
Level Both SL and HL Paper Paper 2 - first exams 2017 Time zone TZ1
Command term Discuss Question number 6 Adapted from N/A

Question

“Medieval rulers were mostly successful in overcoming the challenges posed by rebellion and/or political opposition.” Discuss with reference to two medieval rulers.

Markscheme

With reference to two rulers, candidates will offer a considered and balanced review of the hypothesis that rulers were mostly successful in overcoming the challenges posed by rebellion and/or political opposition. While the focus of the response must be within the timeframe of this topic, the two rulers need not be contemporaneous and they may or may not be chosen from a different region. The focus of the answer will be on the extent to which challenges were overcome, rather than on the methods used. Therefore, candidates may consider, for example, whether rebels’/opponents’ aims were mostly thwarted, whether the defeat of opposition was temporary or longer-lasting, or whether there were political compromises, or conversely, concentration of power. Consideration of foreign opposition is valid.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

World history topics: first exams 2017 » 3. Dynasties and rulers (750–1500) » Challenges » Internal and external challenges to power; the success with which these challenges were overcome
World history topics: first exams 2017 » 3. Dynasties and rulers (750–1500) » Challenges
World history topics: first exams 2017 » 3. Dynasties and rulers (750–1500)
World history topics: first exams 2017

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