Political consolidation
What Political consolidation means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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He legitimised his rule by championing jihad, uniting fractured Muslim territories across Syria and Mesopotamia after Nur ad-Din's death.
Bismarck sought to consolidate the new German Empire after unification, though these attempts had mixed success.
Topics that use Political consolidation
- 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – The Muslim Counter-Crusade and Crusader states, 1149–1187 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Paper 3, Option 37.2: Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited - 1 Ruling the Second Reich, 1871–79 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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